full-throated

[fool-throh-tid]

adjective

1. using the full power of one’s voice.

   His full-throated yodeling stole the show.

2. (of a sound) formed by the full power of one’s voice.

   The play begins with a full-throated scream from backstage.

3. demonstrated or expressed with enthusiastic conviction.

   The local nurses association has given our candidate its full-throated endorsement.

Other Word Forms

• full-throatedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of full-throated¹

First recorded in 1820–25; full ¹ ( def. ) + throated ( def. )

Example Sentences

"I'm hopeful that the major social media companies seeing this full-throated legislative action come into play will finally be motivated to more meaningfully protect the health and wellbeing of young people."

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Researchers at the University of Exeter uncovered a previously unrecognized "intermediary roar" that appears alongside the well-known full-throated version.

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The new study concludes that a lion's roaring sequence includes both the established full-throated roar and the intermediary version, overturning the long-standing assumption that only one roar type existed.

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By applying machine learning to classify full-throated roars, the research team advanced the ability to distinguish individual lions.

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Then she laughs—a gleeful, inhuman, full-throated laugh that contorts her body into unnatural angles and positions.

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