List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 416

SYNONYMS: vociferous, blatant, boisterous, strident, clamorous.
These adjectives all mean conspicuously and usually offensively loud.

Vociferous suggests a noisy outcry, as of vehement protest: vociferous complaints.
Blatant connotes coarse or vulgar noisiness: It was a blatant lie.
Boisterous implies unrestrained noise, tumult, and often rowdiness, as that arising from high spirits: boisterous mirth.
Strident stresses offensive harshness, shrillness, or discordance: a strident voice.
Something clamorous is both vociferous and sustained: a clamorous uproar.

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