CAWING Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

cawing

adjective

as in strident

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The announcement from British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in the House of Commons on Tuesday amounted to one of the most strident steps against Israeli settlements in recent years.

— Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026
Merton did not believe in the cold war’s strident moral opposition between the free and unfree worlds.

— Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of strident

Adjective

The two set out with Ross, a raucous party boy, and the three drive to a secluded, bucolic manor.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
Bloom played the dashing blacksmith Will Turner, who teams up with the eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) to save his forever love, Elizabeth Swann (Knightley) from a gang of raucous, rival pirates.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of raucous

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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
Ditch the pull-ups during the day There’s no disputing that pull-up diapers can be a great help with potty training, but when toddlers get too comfortable with what was intended to be a safety net, progress can grind to a screeching halt.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of screeching

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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

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That little note turned into this absolute cacophonous thunderstorm, all from that one note on the guitar.

— Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
In a packed, bustling restaurant, collective chatter reaches cacophonous levels, which is where mechanic Ninh (Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn) comes in.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of cacophonous

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Before using anything abrasive or a stronger cleaner, check the item’s care instructions.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026
Combine with abrasive soaps or products containing alcohol, benzoyl peroxide, resorcinol, sulfur or tretinoin.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of abrasive

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