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."
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Examples of vociferous in a Sentence
Hope King, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
When the film premiered at TIFF, critics were divided; Roger Ebert was (and remained) a strong defender, but there were vociferous pans, too.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, Don, Jr., and the tech investor David Sacks, a vociferous opponent of the war in Ukraine, pressed Trump on Vance’s behalf.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
In addition to writing, Anderson has always been a vociferous reader, citing Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, and E.E. Cummings at points during our chat.
—Emily Maddick, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Vociferous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vociferous. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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