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Antonyms for vociferate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : voh-sif-uh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : voʊˈsɪf əˌreɪt


Definition of vociferate

Origin :
  • 1620s, from Latin vociferatus, past participle of vociferari, from voci-, stem of vox "voice" (see voice (n.)) + ferre "to carry" (see infer). Related: Vociferated; vociferating.
  • verb holler
Example sentences :
  • "He is the socialist Emperor," vociferate the trusty partisans of the faubourgs.
  • Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
  • When he appears to give out the play, they vociferate his name.
  • Extract from : « A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres » by George Thomas Love
  • La Mauricaude was about to vociferate; and the host took part with his customer.
  • Extract from : « Popular Tales » by Madame Guizot
  • His crew in the mean time had begun to vociferate something I could not understand.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Frolic » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • The King continued to vociferate that the States had never had any intention of restoring the cities.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23, Volume II. » by John Lothrop Motley
  • The confederates, more inflamed than ever, continued to vociferate and to threaten.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume III.(of III) 1574-84 » by John Lothrop Motley
  • To vociferate is commonly applied to loud and excited speech where there is little besides the exertion of voice.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • How the call-man, with his violin under his chin, stopped playing to vociferate his orders, or anathematize some bewildered pair!
  • Extract from : « Bressant » by Julian Hawthorne
  • While he could vociferate that sound, he had rights as an Englishman, and would not sleep in a gutter, like a dog!
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions » by Charles Mackay
  • Several, when they saw us, came forward, and began to shake their spears and vociferate loudly.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilds of Africa » by W.H.G. Kingston

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