vociferous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəʊˈsɪfəɹəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /voʊˈsɪfəɹəs/
Adjective[edit]
vociferous (comparative more vociferous, superlative most vociferous)
- Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
- 1909, Ralph Connor, chapter 17, in The Foreigner:
- They crowded around him with vociferous welcome, Brown leading in a series of wild cheers.
- 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Hearts' threat had not evaporated, though, and Templeton fired a yard over the bar before the home fans and players made vociferous handball claims against Jamie Carragher, which were ignored by referee Florian Meyer.
- Vocally and forcefully opinionated.
- Not even the most vociferous advocates of reform were willing to go to such lengths.
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Translations[edit]
making a noisy outcry
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References[edit]
- “vociferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.