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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Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2024
In recent years, destination marketers have become more vociferous in attracting LGBTQ clients.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
However, this road will get much harder from here, starting with a fourth-place Big Ten team, Northwestern, in the second round on Sunday, so Hurley, even as the lead soared to 46-10 in the first half, was as vociferous as always in exhorting the Huskies to do things right.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2024
The coalition of gun rights proponents challenging the ban has offered vociferous rebuttals to the state’s arguments.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
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“Vociferous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vociferous. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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