vociferate

American  

[voh-sif-uh-reyt] / voʊˈsɪf əˌreɪt /

verb (used with or without object)

vociferated, vociferating

1. to speak or cry out loudly or noisily; shout; bawl.

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vociferate British  

/ vəʊˈsɪfəˌreɪt /

verb

1. to exclaim or cry out about (something) clamorously, vehemently, or insistently

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Other Word Forms

• outvociferate verb (used with object)
• vociferation noun
• vociferator noun

Etymology

Origin of vociferate

1590–1600; < Latin vōciferātus (past participle of vōciferāri to shout), equivalent to vōci-, stem of vōx voice + fer ( re ) to bear ¹ + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

These bronze rowdies whoop and vociferate on all sides.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am told that no day passes in which a crowd does not assemble beneath the windows of Louis-Philippe and loudly vociferate for his presence.

From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

This also enables you to learn how wonderfully an excited Cree can vociferate: there is no other place in the world where a more efficient instruction can be had.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

In matters really vital to him his will was granite and he commanded a silence which could vociferate "Hands off!"

From Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create by Price, Lucien

Evolution is always hard on a certain class and the sufferers quite naturally vociferate their woes without regard to the real causes of the change or to the larger interests of society.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved