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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Manning will not only have to contend with a raucous Volunteers crowd but also take on a defense that has allowed just 14 points per game this season.
    — Ryan Canfield , Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Border War was a raucous road environment for the Tigers, but Davis Wade stadium will have more than 60,000 fans strong.
    — PJ Green September 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of raucous
Adjective
  • 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
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
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of cacophonous
Adjective
  • There’s talk amongst the crowd about the album, but nothing as loud or abrasive as the chatter happening online about everything from her album cover to her single choices to her strong, vocal opinions about her album cover and single choices.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Use a non-abrasive scrubbing sponge or a microfiber cloth to remove all the loosened debris.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of abrasive
Adjective
  • Gill was standing in his end zone when the play produced a jarring television shot.
    — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The theatrical flourish seems jarring, but so too is the historic moment.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of jarring
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