Synonyms of descanted

descanted

verb

past tense of descant

1

as in spoke

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spoke
• lectured
• talked
• discoursed
• expatiated
• held forth
• declaimed
• orated
• harangued
• took the floor
• soliloquized
• expounded
• recited
• sermonized
• pontificated
• disserted
• mouthed
• spouted
• filibustered

2

as in chanted

to produce musical sounds with the voice

the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chanted
• sang
• sung
• carolled
• vocalized
• caroled
• quavered
• lilted
• warbled
• crooned
• trilled
• hummed
• yodelled
• trolled
• yodeled
• slurred
• harmonized
• serenaded
• sharped
• scatted
• belted