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adjective

Definition of vociferatingnext
as in vocal
engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest vociferating union members angrily marched outside corporate headquarters

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vociferating

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verb

present participle of vociferate
as in shouting
to speak so as to be heard at a distance he can never seem to voice his opinions at a decent decibel level; he has to vociferate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vociferating
  1. vocal
  2. outspoken
  3. yelling
  4. vociferous
  5. blatant
  6. noisy
  7. clamorous
Adjective
  • Critics say that one of the most vocal proponents of that previous effort, Michigan rocker Ted Nugent, didn’t help the cause.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Trump's choice for energy secretary is Chris Wright, CEO of hydraulic fracturing drilling company Liberty Energy and a vocal advocate for fracking and oil and gas development.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of vocal
Adjective
  • This is quite ironic, considering the fact that, in real life, Rossellini is an outspoken advocate for embracing aging.
    Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Cheney, an outspoken critic of Trump, has long found herself at the center of the former president’s ire.
    Sophia Vento, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of outspoken
Verb
  • Three were arrested, including — and here’s perhaps the wildest part — an unrelated man who showed up armed at the scene hours later, after a relative told him about the shooting, surrendered his firearms to police and began yelling at them.
    Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Everybody was yelling his name.
    Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of yelling
Adjective
  • His nominee to head Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, has been a vociferous supporter of hardline approaches to border security, such as Texas Governor Greg Abbott's use of razor wire.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
  • In 1972, Muhammad Ali was scheduled to compete in South Africa, but a vociferous campaign dissuaded him from doing so.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of vociferous
Adjective
  • The center's lawyers pointed to the broadcast on NBC's New York City flagship station, WNBC, to allege a blatant violation of the FCC's equal time provisions during an election, and called it election interference.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
  • These measures would demonstrate that the international community will not tolerate such blatant human rights violations.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of blatant
Adjective
  • His personal airplane, a noisy 727, is banned from takeoff and landing between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The screen rolls out from underneath the keyboard, with a noisy motor taking a few seconds to turn the device into a laptop with a very tall display.
    Barry Collins, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of noisy
Adjective
  • In Montreal, a drums corps and brass band posted up near the complaining new neighbor’s building in an intentionally clamorous protest against the recent closure of La Tulipe.
    Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The clamorous close of the 2021 legislative session, and Walz’s role in trying to enact police reform in response to the police killings of Floyd and Wright, plays out in a cache of thousands of internal emails from the Walz administration obtained by ProPublica and the Minnesota Reformer.
    Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of clamorous
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