vociferous
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vo·cif·er·ous
(vō-sĭf′ər-əs)adj.
Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry.
[Latin vocifer(ārī), to speak loudly; see vociferate, -ous.]
vo·cif′er·ous·ly adv.
vo·cif′er·ous·ness n.
Synonyms: vociferous, blatant, boisterous, strident, clamorous
These adjectives mean conspicuously and usually offensively loud. Vociferous suggests a noisy outcry, as of vehement protest: vociferous complaints. Blatant connotes coarse or vulgar noisiness: "students demanding unlimited freedom in a noisy and blatant protest against all university authority" (Thomas Anthony Harris).
Boisterous implies unrestrained noise, tumult, and often rowdiness: boisterous youths. Strident stresses offensive harshness, shrillness, or discordance: a legislator with a strident voice. Something clamorous is both vociferous and sustained: a clamorous uproar.
These adjectives mean conspicuously and usually offensively loud. Vociferous suggests a noisy outcry, as of vehement protest: vociferous complaints. Blatant connotes coarse or vulgar noisiness: "students demanding unlimited freedom in a noisy and blatant protest against all university authority" (Thomas Anthony Harris).
Boisterous implies unrestrained noise, tumult, and often rowdiness: boisterous youths. Strident stresses offensive harshness, shrillness, or discordance: a legislator with a strident voice. Something clamorous is both vociferous and sustained: a clamorous uproar.
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vociferous
(vəʊˈsɪfərəs)adj
1. characterized by vehemence, clamour, or noisiness: vociferous protests.
2. making an outcry or loud noises; clamorous: a vociferous mob.
voˈciferously adv
voˈciferousness, vocifeˈrosity n
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vo•cif•er•ous
(voʊˈsɪf ər əs)adj.
1. crying out noisily.
2. characterized by noisy or vehement outcry: vociferous protests.
vo•cif′er•ous•ly, adv.
vo•cif′er•ous•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. |  vociferous - conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog" |
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vociferous
adjective outspoken, vocal, strident, noisy, shouting, loud, ranting, vehement, loudmouthed (informal), uproarious, obstreperous, clamorous, clamant a vociferous opponent of Conservatism
still, quiet, silent, muted, hushed, noiseless
still, quiet, silent, muted, hushed, noiseless
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vociferous
adjectiveOffensively loud and insistent:
Informal: loudmouthed.
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vociferous
[vəʊˈsɪfərəs] ADJ1. (= forceful, energetic) → ruidoso
there were vociferous protests → hubo ruidosas protestas, se protestó ruidosamente
there were vociferous protests → hubo ruidosas protestas, se protestó ruidosamente
2. (= noisy) → vociferante
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
vociferous
[vəˈsɪfərəs] adj (= outspoken) → vociférateur/triceCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
vociferous
adj class, audience → laut; demands, protest, critic, minority, opponent → lautstark; to be vociferous in one’s opposition to something → lautstark gegen etw opponieren; to be vociferous in demanding one’s rights → lautstark seine Rechte einfordern
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vociferous
[vəʊˈsɪf/ərəs] adj → rumoroso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995