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vociferous

vo.cif.er.ous \vo--'sif-(*-)r*s\ aj : making or given to loud outcry : 
   CLAMOROUS MOBSTREPEROUS: VOCIFEROUS implies vehement deafening shouting or 
   calling out; CLAMOROUS suggests insistent vociferousness often in complaint 
   or demand; BLATANT implies an offensive bellowing or insensitive loudness; 
   STRIDENT suggests a harsh, unpleasant, inescapable quality of sound; 
   BOISTEROUS suggests a noisiness and turbulence due to high spirits; 
   OBSTREPEROUS implies resistance to or defiance of efforts to restrain noisy 
   or excited behavior - vo.cif.er.ous.ly av SYN syn CLAMOROUS, BLATANT, 
   STRIDENT, BOISTEROUS,