Meaning

2 senses
  1. Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.

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  2. Vocally and forcefully opinionated.

    Not even the most vociferous advocates of reform were willing to go to such lengths.

More definitions
  • conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He's not the most convincing, just the most vociferous.

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  2. Absent sustained and vociferous public outcry, President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan budget deal may fall on deaf ears.

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  3. Alderman Jones knew that it would be political suicide to ignore the vociferous opponents of putting a new shelter in the neighborhood.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
making a noisy outcry:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
making a noisy outcry:

Origin

From Latin vōcifer + -ous.

From Latin vōcifer + -ous.

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Forms

more vociferous, most vociferous
Comparativemore vociferous Lesson
Superlativemost vociferous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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