vociferous
adjective
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Hear ye! Hear ye! To vociferate is "to cry out loudly" so it’s perhaps unsurprising that the adjective vociferous is used to describe those who are loud and proud, who show their support or displeasure for something or someone by hootin' and hollerin'. Both vociferate and vociferous come from the Latin vociferari, a combining of vox, meaning "voice," with ferre, meaning "to carry." In addition to describing loud and insistent individuals and groups—critics, crowds, fans, et al.—vociferous can be used for anything characterized by loud insistence, as in "vociferous complaints," "a vociferous defense," and "vociferous support."
Examples of vociferous in a Sentence
Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Essentially, their votes and their objections, no matter how vociferous or meritorious, did not matter.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
Agility on this front might become the need of the hour because European buyers are likely to have a lower appetite for more long-term LNG contracts compared to their Asian counterparts due to a more vociferous socio-political stance on meeting their current net zero emissions targets.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
His thrilling production, which arrives at the Ahmanson on June 17, managed to convert even some of the musical’s most vociferous doubters.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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“Vociferous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vociferous. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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