Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Making an outcry; clamorous; noisy: as, a vociferous partizan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Making or characterized by a
noisy outcry ;clamorous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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So, when you see these fairly noxious scientists tackling the God question in vociferous terms, with only fleeting inquiries into philosophy, history and metaphysics — it's kind of embarrasing.
A True Scientist 2010
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CEP is not known as a vociferous critic of foundations so the findings are even that much more damning.
Aaron Dorfman: Foundations: Don't Pat Yourselves on the Back Just Yet 2010
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I figured there would be some Birthers, Deathers, Wackos, Teabaggers, or whatever one might call the vociferous opponents to health care reform and essentially anything else the current administration might want to do.
Nancy Bruski: Rep. Schakowsky's Town Hall Dominated by Anti-Reform Minority 2009
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Outernational are known as a vociferous political-protest band, but the outfit's members are also seasoned musicians with wide-ranging talents (just ask Tom Morello, who produced tracks for the group's debut album), who know how to put on an excellent show.
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Report Abuse psst…"vociferous" means loud or noisy.
Cheney vs. Ignatieff on waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - Blog Central - Macleans.ca 2009
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Katy, your hypothesis that I am "vociferous" because "I want to know god" could be true.
SBC severs ties with Broadway Baptist of Fort Worth | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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If this design came from the Obama campaign it would deserve the kind of vociferous ridicule we saw in response to the Obama seal.
The Obama salute. Ann Althouse 2008
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I'm sure you are as befuddled by the vociferousness of your detractors as you are by the words "vociferous" and "detractors".
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I also liked the loaded language used to describe Chen -- "vociferous".
Archive 2006-03-01 Michael Turton 2006
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He claimed that because he was so "vociferous" against unfair treatment directed at NSF members, "abnormal deductions" were made from his salary, sometimes taking up to 90 percent of his money.
seanmeade commented on the word vociferous
Vociferous derives from Latin vociferari, "to shout, to cry out" from vox, "voice" + ferre, "to carry."
Guess what that makes me sing? 'Hush, hush, keep it down, down. Voices carry.'
March 26, 2007
sera commented on the word vociferous
"Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. a vociferous mob"
August 13, 2007
mohitanand commented on the word vociferous
conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
In giving Marcia a particular vociferous response, Paul caused people at every other table in the restaurant to turn around and look at them angrily.
October 15, 2016