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

The frowzy creatures in ill-made dress-coats, shimmering satin waistcoats, and hats of the tile model, who lounge, spit, and vociferate there, and name themselves M.C., were off.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various

He was for issuing forth to vociferate and slap members upon their backs and jovially arrange committeeships on the giffgaff principle of give us the Speakership and you shall become a Chairman.

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry

While he could vociferate that sound, he had rights as an Englishman, and would not sleep in a gutter, like a dog!

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Mackay, Charles

And on this he began to vociferate, and scream out so loudly, 'Fire!--murder!--thieves!--help!' that I thought of nothing but getting out of the house as speedily as possible.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm