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or yauping
as in vocal
engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest
the ticket agent spent hours dealing with yawping customers, furious that their flights had been canceled
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or yauping
as in complaining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
stop yawping about your problems and try doing something to fix them
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawping
Adjective
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The 39-year-old attorney has been publicly vocal about his alignment with President Donald Trump's MAGA policies.—
Matt Finn,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025 -
But the most vocal group leading an aggressive grassroots anti-tax campaign was a coalition of younger social justice activists led by Decarcerate KC called the Safety and Justice Alliance.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The irony of the quintessential real estate expert buying a home in the flight path of an international airport, then complaining about the noise, is not lost on the rest of Palm Beach County.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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That first-round pick became Merriman (although, the Giants aren't complaining).—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Here's what to know Despite the vociferous calls for accountability from Democratic lawmakers, the likelihood of real consequences for any of the Trump administration participants is small because Democrats would need Republican buy-in with GOP majorities in Congress.—
Averi Harper,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2025
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How about the rest of us, with CEQA and CCA restricting the supply of new homes, making California homes unaffordable? Aren’t the Palisades largely populated by wealthy Hollywood Democratic donors, who are also vociferous environmental activists?—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Like any good house party, as many high schoolers can attest, the scene was a little chaotic, noisy and free flowing, in more ways than one.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Young planets orbit young stars, and young stars tend to be very noisy, which makes extracting the signals of their young planets all the more difficult.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The shrill, metallic banging noises of a jack hammer echoed around the White House on Monday as crews started removing the large, yellow Black Lives Matter mural down the street from the president's home.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The whining about everyone else didn’t help, either.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2024
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Stop whining and thank your lucky stars for having a job.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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What’s next: After the blatant inconsistencies in the Israeli account were revealed, the military seemed to move more quickly than usual to address the issue.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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One blatant obstacle: enterprise leaders are often cautious in welcoming technology.—
Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D.,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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All at once, Vance had made an obstreperous return to the center of the national stage—and so did the memes.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2025
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In some ways, Paul has been less obstreperous than them.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
18 Mar. 2025
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