Vociferate
[və(ʊ)'sɪfəreɪt] or [vo'sɪfə,ret]
Definition
(verb.) utter in a very loud voice; 'They vociferated their demands'.
Editor: Madge--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor.
(v. t.) To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Cry, bawl, roar, cry out.[2]. Rant, mouth.
v. a. Cry aloud, roar out, utter loudly or vehemently.
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Definition
v.i. to cry with a loud voice.—v.t. to utter with a loud voice.—n. Vocif′erance clamour.—adj. Vocif′erant clamorous.—ns. Vociferā′tion act of vociferating: a violent or loud outcry; Vocif′erātor.—v.t. Vocif′erise to vociferate.—n. Vociferos′ity.—adj. Vocif′erous making a loud outcry: noisy.—adv. Vocif′erously.—n. Vocif′erousness.
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Examples
- Serjeant Buzfuz now rose with more importance than he had yet exhibited, if that were possible, and vociferated; 'Call Samuel Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He vociferated, gesticulated; Donne and Sweeting laughed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Don't so much as look at me like that, or I won't talk to you at all,' vociferated Riderhood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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