Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Making an outcry; clamorous; noisy: as, a vociferous partizan.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
Etymologies
- Latin vociferari ("shout, yell"), from vox ("voice") + ferre ("to carry") (see infer). Surface analysis is voice + -iferous. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“So, when you see these fairly noxious scientists tackling the God question in vociferous terms, with only fleeting inquiries into philosophy, history and metaphysics — it's kind of embarrasing.”
“CEP is not known as a vociferous critic of foundations so the findings are even that much more damning.”
The Huffington Post: Aaron Dorfman: Foundations: Don't Pat Yourselves on the Back Just Yet
“I figured there would be some Birthers, Deathers, Wackos, Teabaggers, or whatever one might call the vociferous opponents to health care reform and essentially anything else the current administration might want to do.”
Nancy Bruski: Rep. Schakowsky's Town Hall Dominated by Anti-Reform Minority
“Outernational are known as a vociferous political-protest band, but the outfit's members are also seasoned musicians with wide-ranging talents (just ask Tom Morello, who produced tracks for the group's debut album), who know how to put on an excellent show.”
“Report Abuse psst…"vociferous" means loud or noisy.”
Cheney vs. Ignatieff on waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - Blog Central - Macleans.ca
“Katy, your hypothesis that I am "vociferous" because "I want to know god" could be true.”
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“I'm sure you are as befuddled by the vociferousness of your detractors as you are by the words "vociferous" and "detractors".”
“If this design came from the Obama campaign it would deserve the kind of vociferous ridicule we saw in response to the Obama seal.”
“I also liked the loaded language used to describe Chen -- "vociferous".”
“He claimed that because he was so "vociferous" against unfair treatment directed at NSF members, "abnormal deductions" were made from his salary, sometimes taking up to 90 percent of his money.”
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Tweets
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sera "Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. a vociferous mob" Aug 13, 2007
seanmeade Vociferous derives from Latin vociferari, "to shout, to cry out" from vox, "voice" + ferre, "to carry."
Guess what that makes me sing? 'Hush, hush, keep it down, down. Voices carry.' Mar 26, 2007