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or yauping
as in vocal
engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest
the ticket agent spent hours dealing with yawping customers, furious that their flights had been canceled
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or yauping
as in complaining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
stop yawping about your problems and try doing something to fix them
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawping
Adjective
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Critics say that one of the most vocal proponents of that previous effort, Michigan rocker Ted Nugent, didn’t help the cause.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Lynn Florian, 8th Ward, was very vocal in her criticism of the 9% turnout four years ago.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The irony of the quintessential real estate expert buying a home in the flight path of an international airport, then complaining about the noise, is not lost on the rest of Palm Beach County.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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That first-round pick became Merriman (although, the Giants aren't complaining).—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Slightly chastened, Djokovic kept playing the pattern but was less vociferous in moving in behind the ball.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
4 Aug. 2024
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His nominee to head Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, has been a vociferous supporter of hardline approaches to border security, such as Texas Governor Greg Abbott's use of razor wire.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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His personal airplane, a noisy 727, is banned from takeoff and landing between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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The screen rolls out from underneath the keyboard, with a noisy motor taking a few seconds to turn the device into a laptop with a very tall display.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Alecia lets out a shrill whistle and the shadowy figures of our campmates stand up around the fire, applauding.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
13 Nov. 2024
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Like, watched it all the way through from the shrill opening filled with obnoxious kids to the leadenly staged slapstick climax?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The whining about everyone else didn’t help, either.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2024
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Stop whining and thank your lucky stars for having a job.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The center's lawyers pointed to the broadcast on NBC's New York City flagship station, WNBC, to allege a blatant violation of the FCC's equal time provisions during an election, and called it election interference.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
16 Jan. 2025
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These measures would demonstrate that the international community will not tolerate such blatant human rights violations.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In those days, even small neighborhood theaters employed uniformed ushers to guide latecomers to their seats with a flashlight, patrol the aisles, and handle obstreperous customers.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Dec. 2024
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Making clear that any future conflict would end with the reunification of the entire peninsula under the South’s authority should increase the North’s restraint, as well as reinforce China’s efforts to rein in its obstreperous ally.—
Richard Haass,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2013
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