CAWING Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

cawing

adjective

as in strident

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Adjective

In that version, President Joe Biden, newly empowered with a decisive electoral victory and a country desperate for change, would have been strident in his defense of American democracy.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Actor Mark Ruffalo, one of the deal’s most strident critics, has vowed to continue the fight.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of strident

Adjective

The crowd at the suddenly raucous Tropicana Field, one of baseball’s quietest venues during most regular season contests, roared in approval.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Her main rival for that was the raucous set from George Wallace, who partly brought the house down with a bit about jokes for the high rollers in the front row versus the nosebleed seats.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of raucous

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In the bystander’s footage from behind, a screeching noise is heard before the Tahoe jolts forward.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Before the recent barn owl sightings, Williams and her husband heard periodic screeching noises outside going back to early September.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of screeching

Adjective

If Google can amend its complaint to argue that rights holders directly authorized Google to use its anti-scraping technology to prevent unauthorized access to content, then Google may be able to block a very limited amount of SerpApi’s scraping.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
Recently, internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare likened the platform to North Korean hackers for bypassing anti-scraping protections on websites.

— PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025

Definition of scraping

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The lower-register instruments in this track are also fairly mellow in the recording, and the subtle bass in the headphones almost pushes them into obscurity, further piling everything into the cacophonous middle.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
In one, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the new White House helipad, a project the president has shown tremendous pride in, he couldn’t be heard over the cacophonous din of Marine One.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of cacophonous

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Dummy’s third full-length release tasks itself with offering an affirmation of life, spelled out in no uncertain terms through the thwack of DnB drumlines, abrasive distortion, and incisive songwriting.

— Sue Park, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
Gabe, all of 16 years old — not that Carla could remember that off the top of her head — is abrasive and bright.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of abrasive

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Lance Oppenheim, who co-directed the buzzy A24 doc with Nathan Fielder, has now revealed just how that jarring shower scene came to be — and why Evans might have been fine with revealing all to begin with.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
This all plays out with a lot of frequent jarring tonal mismatches, and some bafflingly overwrought dramatic beats, especially around Vision’s makeshift self-repair.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of jarring

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