Meaning of VOCIFERATION
| Pronunciation: | | vow`sifu'reyshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" |
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| | Synonyms: | | call, cry, outcry, shout, yell |
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| | See Also: | | battle cry, bellow, bellowing, bird, blue murder, boo, Bronx cheer, catcall, clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, halloo, hiss, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, hoot, hosanna, hue and cry, rallying cry, raspberry, razzing, roar, roaring, scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shouting, shriek, shrieking, snort, utterance, vocalization, war cry, war whoop, whoop, yelling, yodel, yowl | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Vo*cif`er*a"tion\, n. [L. vociferatio: cf. F.
vocif['e]ration.]
The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance
of the voice.
Violent gesture and vociferation naturally shake the
hearts of the ignorant. --Spectator.
Plaintive strains succeeding the vociferations of
emotion or of pain. --Byron.
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