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shouty

shouty adjective: characterized by shouting; prone to shouting.

Adjective

shouty (comparative shoutier, superlative shoutiest)

  1. (informal) Characterized by shouting; prone to shouting.
    • In A League of Their Own (1992), as the shouty baseball coach to an all-girls team, he's once again a curmudgeonly but lovable mentor figure.2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC
    • That is the key - understanding the issues and saying things that accurately reflect the passengers' insight, rather than being just another of the shouty voices from the sidelines.2023 June 28, Anthony Smith talks to Paul Clifton, “The industry has to go back to basics”, in RAIL, number 986, pages 39–40
  2. (informal) Harsh and strident.

Forms of shouty

comparativeshoutier
superlativeshoutiest

Origin of shouty

From shout + -y.

Words formed from shouty

Questions about shouty

What does shouty mean?
Shouty means characterized by shouting; prone to shouting.
What part of speech is shouty?
Shouty is an adjective.

Words near shouty in the dictionary

  1. shouts fire in a crowded theater
  2. shouts from the rooftops
  3. shouts out
  4. shouts the odds
  5. shouts-out
  6. shouty
  7. Shouyang
  8. shovable
  9. shovavim
  10. shove
  11. shove about

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