vociferate

verb

vō-ˈsi-fə-ˌrāt How to pronounce vociferate (audio)
Definition of vociferatenext
as in to shout
to speak so as to be heard at a distance he can never seem to voice his opinions at a decent decibel level; he has to vociferate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vociferate
  1. shout
  2. yell
  3. cry
  4. call
Verb
  • Cooper, 30, shouts to the 5,000 screaming young women who have packed the house.
    Alexandra York, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Majors began shouting in Grace’s face and grabbed both her arms, pinning them to her body.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of shout
Verb
  • More news: Chiefs' Hollywood Brown Posts New Workout Video Indicating His Return Following the big win, Wharton was seen walking to the tunnel, when a child was yelling out to him.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • From above, the commander watched the live feed on an iPad and yelled out instructions on where to go and what to approach, Mr. Damaj said.
    Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of yell
Verb
  • But Jenny accuses her of not having a soul, then runs away, crying.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
  • First of all, the breathless cries about the imminency of WWIII have been wrong, every single day, since February 2022, when Russia invaded.
    Dan Crenshaw, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of cry
Verb
  • Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.
    WSJ, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2023
  • However, today most young people rarely call each other.
    Andrea Wigfield, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
Definition of call
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Thesaurus Entries Near vociferate

vociferant

vociferate

vociferated

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