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vociferation

/vəʊˌsɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/US/voʊˌsɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

vociferation noun: the act of exclaiming; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.

Noun

vociferation (plural vociferations)

  1. The act of exclaiming; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
    • And as she apprehended the boy's life was in danger, she screamed ten times louder than before; and indeed Master Blifil himself now seconded her with all the vociferation in his power.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter III, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV
    • Crack go the whips; but twenty Patriot arms have seized each of the eight bridles: there is rearing, rocking, vociferation; not the smallest headway.1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)

vociferation meaning in Urdu and Kannada

vociferation in Urdu

چیخ پکار, غل غپاڑ, واویلا

vociferation in Kannada

ರಂಪ, ಹುಯ್ಯಲು, ಹೊಯಿಲು, ಕೆಲೆತ

Forms of vociferation

pluralvociferations

Origin of vociferation

From Latin vōciferātiō, from vōciferor (“shout”), from vōx (“voice”) + ferō (“carry”); compare French vocifération.

Questions about vociferation

What does vociferation mean?
Vociferation means the act of exclaiming; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
What is vociferation in Urdu?
Vociferation in Urdu is چیخ پکار, غل غپاڑ, واویلا. See Vociferation meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is vociferation?
Vociferation is a noun.
How do you pronounce vociferation?
Vociferation is pronounced /vəʊˌsɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of vociferation?
The plural of vociferation is vociferations.

Words near vociferation in the dictionary

  1. vociferant
  2. vociferate
  3. vociferated
  4. vociferates
  5. vociferating
  6. vociferation
  7. vociferations
  8. vociferative
  9. vociferator
  10. vociferators
  11. vociferise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vociferation (page history and authors); vociferation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vociferation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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