Better words for said

Talking a lot but not saying anything important.

• lecture

• wail

• waffle

• rant

scold

• talk quietly

• telling a story

• talking enthusiastically

• telling off

Being annoyed about something and talking quietly so you can't be heard.

• mutter

• yack

• bark

• announce

bark

• talking on and on

• to make fun of

• shout something that's quiet short

• tell a story

Respond angrily to someone

• babble

• snap

• lecture

• quip

drone

• telling a story

• talking endlessly and sounding boring

• speaking angrily

• telling a secret

Talking for a long, long time about something that has made you angry.

• rant

• bellow

• natter

• jest

Speak as if the words are all squashed up together.

• bellow

• quip

• confess

• slur

Speak in a low, rasping voice as if in pain.

• croak

• babble

• bellow

• blurt

blurt

• shouting very loudly

• say something suddenly without warning

• respond in an angry way

• call out in pain