vociferousness

noun

Definition of vociferousnessnext
as in stridency

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  1. stridency
  2. insistence
  3. fervor
  4. fervency
  5. ardor
  6. warmth
Noun
  • Elphaba is the one who goes from rejection and sadness to love and stridency and, finally, rage.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Macron’s increasing stridency has surprised even members of his own party.
    — Daniel Markind, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of stridency
Noun
  • His conversational style in interviews is pensive and soft-spoken, almost professorial, which hooked up to the note of insistence just underneath the angel-cake vocal beauty.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
  • What is new is the brief’s insistence on recharacterizing the supply points as investors.
    — Ryan Finley, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of insistence
Noun
  • Gros has been following the raptor couple and how the birds’ fans react to them with such fervor.
    — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Veteran morel mushroom hunters covet their secret spots with a possessive fervor equal to that of any bass fishermen or deer hunter.
    — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of fervor
Noun
  • The fervency of acclaim that the movie spawned—$1 billion worldwide at the box office and a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars—suggested, somewhat chillingly, that the masses found catharsis in this tale.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • There were several questions centered around the fervency of support for each candidate, including on favorability, concerns about age and whether each party’s presumptive nominee should actually be the nominee.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Definition of fervency
Noun
  • But any non-cynic can’t help but be swept up in its doomed ardor. 54.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
  • With the exception of the loving, loyal Nasha, whom Ackie invests with romantic ardor and action-hero intensity, Mickey’s fellow-travellers prove a rotten lot.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of ardor
Noun
  • These sheets will remind you of your favorite T-shirt and wrap you up in comfort and lightweight warmth.
    — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
  • So, when Frank decided to retire in the early 1970s, Patricia Haupt had one demand — warmth.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of warmth
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“Vociferousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vociferousness. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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