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Definition of bleated :
of Bleat
Synonyms:
ululated (part of speech: verb)
cried, purred, chattered, cawed, mooed, bawled, grunted, chirped, growled, howled, ululated, quacked, squawked, cooed, gobbled, crowed, squealed, clucked, warbled, snorted, neighed, yelped, called, cackled, brayed, roared, mewed, bellowed, whinnied, cuckooed, barked, snarled, honked, meowed, hooted, trilled, bayed
Usage examples:
- And all day the cook bleated his cheerful little prophecy in the ears of the cookee: " The tote team will be in by night." - "King Spruce, A Novel", Holman Day.
- " I'll turn Christian- I want to be loved," he bleated from the doorway. - "You Never Know Your Luck, Complete Being The Story Of A Matrimonial Deserter", Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009.
- Morn came, and I went with my guest through the gorges In the rock hollow'd; The flocks bleated low as I pass'd them ungrieving, The almond- buds strew'd the sweet earth I was leaving; Slowly went Age through the gloom of the gorges, Lightly Youth follow'd. - "The Poetical Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. M.P.", Edward Bulwer Lytton.