单词 | vociferous |
释义 | vo·cif·er·ous (vō-sĭfər-əs) adj. Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry. [Latin vocifer(ārī), to speak loudly; see VOCIFERATE, -OUS.] vo·cifer·ous·ly adv. vo·cifer·ous·ness n. Synonyms: vociferous, blatant, boisterous, strident, clamorous These adjectives mean conspicuously and usually offensively loud. Vociferous suggests a noisy outcry, as of vehement protest: vociferous complaints. Blatant connotes coarse or vulgar noisiness: "students demanding unlimited freedom in a noisy and blatant protest against all university authority" (Thomas Anthony Harris). Boisterous implies unrestrained noise, tumult, and often rowdiness: boisterous youths. Strident stresses offensive harshness, shrillness, or discordance: a legislator with a strident voice. Something clamorous is both vociferous and sustained: a clamorous uproar. |
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