cawing

adjective

as in strident

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cawing
  1. strident
  2. squawking
  3. raucous
  4. screeching
  5. scraping
  6. cacophonous
  7. abrasive
  8. jarring
Adjective
  • Actor Mark Ruffalo, one of the deal’s most strident critics, has vowed to continue the fight.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The framework from Democratic Majority for Israel takes a less strident view on Netanyahu, who faces another election this month.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of strident
Adjective
  • If another family attempts to invade that space, they are hurriedly pushed away by loud squawking and aggressive flying.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of squawking
Adjective
  • Nico Hoerner got the Cubs’ only hit off King with a one-out infield single in the seventh, but King racked up two more strikeouts to earn the last of several standing ovations from the raucous sellout crowd watching his third career playoff start.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The Braves have earned an extra-large advantage by taking the first game before a raucous afternoon crowd at Truist.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of raucous
Adjective
  • The government that came soon after brought it all to a screeching, heavily consequential halt.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Cox’s film is biased in Bill’s favor, portraying him as a lapdog whose love for this screeching, spiteful, beady-eyed woman is his great tragic flaw.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of screeching
Adjective
  • If Google can amend its complaint to argue that rights holders directly authorized Google to use its anti-scraping technology to prevent unauthorized access to content, then Google may be able to block a very limited amount of SerpApi’s scraping.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
  • Recently, internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare likened the platform to North Korean hackers for bypassing anti-scraping protections on websites.
    — PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of scraping
Adjective
  • In one, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the new White House helipad, a project the president has shown tremendous pride in, he couldn’t be heard over the cacophonous din of Marine One.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Anyone who stands in front of De Kooning’s urgent, sensuously greedy drawings, with their writhing contours, cacophonous colors, and perverse processes, can feel the force of that craving.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of cacophonous
Adjective
  • To me, Harry’s moves still feel a little too abrasive for these styles, but the judges eat up this exuberant jive.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Not to mention that Cruise’s performance starts at an abrasive 11, leaving him nowhere to go.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of abrasive
Adjective
  • Those sorts of moments can be discombobulating, even jarring, even for the tough-minded likes of NFL players.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But Week 4 brought an especially jarring wave, with stars and indispensable starters disappearing from game after game, giving teams an early lesson in contingency planning.
    — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of jarring
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