blazon out
Verb: - To announce or proclaim something publicly and conspicuously. This verb emphasizes making information widely known, often in an official or ceremonial manner, and historically relates to methods of public announcement before modern media.
The verb "blazon out" is used to describe the act of declaring information openly to the public. It often carries a formal or archaic tone. - It is typically used with a direct object (the thing being announced). - The subject is usually a person or entity making the announcement.
- Passive Voice: Often used in the passive form ("was blazoned out") to emphasize the information being spread rather than the announcer.
- Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe something that is very obvious or prominently displayed, not just verbally announced.
- Her joy was blazoned out for all to see in her radiant smile.
- Blazon (verb): To display or depict (a coat of arms); to describe or proclaim.
- Proclaim (verb): To announce officially or publicly.
- Declare (verb): To make known formally or explicitly.
- Announce (verb): To make a public and typically formal declaration about a fact, occurrence, or intention.
- Proclaim
- Announce publicly
- Declare
- Broadcast
- Herald
- Publish
(Note: "Blazon out" itself functions as a phrasal verb. Common constructions involve it.) - To cry (out): To shout or proclaim loudly (a close synonym in the provided historical context). - The town crier would cry out the news.
- Shout from the rooftops: To tell everyone about something because you are very excited or angry about it. This is a more modern, informal idiom with a similar meaning of making something very publicly known.
- He was so happy he wanted to shout it from the rooftops.
- proclaim or announce in public
- before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news
- He cried his merchandise in the market square