word | vociferous |
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definition | Making noisy or emphatic outcries. |
eg_sentence | Whenever the referee at these soccer games makes a questionable call, you hear vociferous protests from half the parents. |
explanation | A vociferous group shouts loudly and insistently, and they're usually not too happy about something. So, for example, we often hear about vociferous critics, vociferous demands, vociferous opponents, or a vociferous minority. When a small group makes itself vociferous enough, everyone else may even start thinking it's actually a majority |
IPA | voʊˈsɪfərəs |
Tags: mwvb::unit:7, mwvb::unit:7:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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