- loud, noisy, or vehement in making one's feelings known; clamorous
- characterized by clamor or vehement outcry
Origin of vociferous
Classical Latin vociferari (see vociferate) + -ousvociferous
vo·cif·er·ous
adjective
The definition of vociferous is constantly or noisily crying out or making a statement.
An example of vociferous is a person who constantly shouts his political views in the middle of the street.
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vociferous
adjective
Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry.
Origin of vociferous
Latin vocifer(ārī) to speak loudly ; see vociferate . -ousRelated Forms:
- vo·cif′er·ous·ly
adverb
- vo·cif′er·ous·ness
noun
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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: “Up rose a blatant Radical” (Walter Bagehot). 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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Adjective
(comparative more vociferous, superlative most vociferous)
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