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."
boisterous suggests a noisiness and turbulence due to high spirits.
a boisterous crowd of party goers
obstreperous suggests unruly and aggressive noisiness and resistance to restraint.
the obstreperous demonstrators were arrested
Example Sentences
He is her most vociferous critic. He was vociferous in his support of the proposal. The decision was made over their vociferous objections.
Recent Examples on the WebIn addition, the influential Nation of Islam, an organization that fuses Islam and Black Nationalism, has been especially vociferous about the evils of pork eating. Adrian Miller, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022 Countries once formerly in the Soviet world are its most vociferous champions. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 June 2022 One almost suspects that, for some of the most vociferous defenders of Depp online, the misogyny is the point. Jill Filipovic, CNN, 17 May 2022 For decades, China has tried to force Taiwan into diplomatic isolation by picking off its allies and launching vociferous campaigns against any semblance of recognition of Taiwan as a nation, including visits by foreign dignitaries. Yasmeen Abutaleb, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022 Confronted with parents' vociferous demands to fire Arredondo, Harrell said Monday that the police chief was a contract employee who could not be fired at will.CBS News, 21 July 2022 Confronted with parents’ vociferous demands to fire Arredondo and warnings that his job would be next, Superintendent Hal Harrell said Monday that the police chief was a contract employee who could not be fired at will. Jake Bleiberg, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2022 Those demands grew more vociferous as winter turned to spring and Russia’s war against Ukraine rocked energy markets and gas prices soared.New York Times, 15 July 2022 Melvin is nineteen and blind, but still vociferous. Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 12 July 2022 See More