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US
/voʊˈsɪfɝəs/
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[ UK /vəʊsˈɪfəɹəs/ ]
[ UK /vəʊsˈɪfəɹəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
a vociferous mob
strident demands
a clamorous uproar
strident demands
blatant radios
How To Use vociferous In A Sentence
- She ran away with the show as Liu, bringing clarity to both her deepest, most vociferous registers and to her challenging tremolos over sostenuto in the highest notes.
- They have a stadium full of passionate, vociferous supporters whose legendary backing often reduced opposition players from star performers to schoolboy trialists.
- Over by the bar a good-looking boy in the dusty clothes of a trailhand just in from Virginia City and his oxlike older brother had gotten into a vociferous argument over a girl with a dark-haired gambler, their voices rising higher and higher over Ishmael's quiet instructions to Jason. Ishmael
- It was a rush to judgment led by a vociferous social media campaign and I think it is disgraceful. Times, Sunday Times
- Suddenly, and with appalling quickness the mastodonic brute reared itself on its mighty hind legs and elongated its neck and body in an effort to reach this vociferous pigmy whose clamor was disturbing the primeval silence of its horrible realm. The Conquering Sword Of Conan
- Against this background, the brave calls of a vociferous few to sue the company and its directors ring hollow.
- The Lord grant that I may at last become an obedient and truly teachable child; for that faculty, whatsoever it be, that asks vociferously, seems not to be the one which, as I.P. says, "_graspingly receives," _ but is rather a hinderance to its reception. A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England
- Birds ordinarily mute are vociferous, and the rowdy ones -- the varied honey-eater as an example -- losing all control of their tongues, call and whistle in ecstasy. Confessions of a Beachcomber
- Now the Attorney came out and he was vociferous in his criticism of that decision.
- He is a vociferous critic of the president's stance on abortion.