VOCIFEROUSNESS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

vociferousness

noun

Definition of vociferousness

as in stridency

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Noun

Nomkhitha’s stridency drove Joseph mad.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
But as Mandelman noted in an interview after, there are times when what some see as Wiener’s relentlessness comes off as stridency.

— CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 May 2026

Definition of stridency

Noun

Despite Bret’s passionate insistence that his classmate is a serial killer, Croft tells him Robert is a good kid from a good family and sends him back to class.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
The right-wing theological website Protestia has attacked Hamilton for not heeding Paul’s insistence that women stay silent in church.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of insistence

Noun

His predictions mostly involved preaching to the AI evangelist choir, and his fervor for the tech evidently led him to throw caution to the winds of Wall Street.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
The love goes both ways; Fanning credits the fervor of the Hunger Games fanbase with helping her land the role of Effie Trinket.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fervor

Noun

Spaar’s colloquial flippancies only reinforces her fervency.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
The fervency of acclaim that the movie spawned—$1 billion worldwide at the box office and a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars—suggested, somewhat chillingly, that the masses found catharsis in this tale.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024

Definition of fervency

Noun

There’s Tom Crutchfield, who loves women with the ardor of Pepé Le Pew but spends most of his time not in pursuit of the ladies but of exotic snakes, lizards, alligators, turtles and whatnot.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026
Or Ada, the focus of Desacroux’s ardor and obsession after a rapturous night five years prior?

— Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of ardor

Noun

For hundreds of thousands of years, our species has enjoyed the warmth and protection of a good fire before bedtime.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Nor is Gadot a performer inclined to lend much more than athleticism to a role that could use some warmth and idiosyncrasy to color its rather generic action-hero gist.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

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