CAWING Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

cawing

adjective

as in strident

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Adjective

Teams take on the personality of their leaders, sometimes to the chagrin of those seeking something more strident.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Third, the family might have a strident belief that AI will aid their individual and collective challenges, serve each member, and yet also aid the family unit as a whole.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of strident

Adjective

Golden State started 5 of 27 in front of a raucous, sellout crowd.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
But that blend of raucous laughs (OK, well, some raucous laughs, some mere attempts at them) and real world concerns makes for an uneasy watch, ping-ponging between moods and tones in unpredictable ways.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of raucous

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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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That little note turned into this absolute cacophonous thunderstorm, all from that one note on the guitar.

— Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
In a packed, bustling restaurant, collective chatter reaches cacophonous levels, which is where mechanic Ninh (Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn) comes in.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of cacophonous

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Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers The sixth episode makes a jarring time jump back to 1702, introducing town founder Richard Warren (Hamish Linklater) and his wife Sarah Westcott Warren (Betty Gilpin).

— Nicholas DeRenzo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
At Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, the 107,601 capacity alone can feel jarring.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of jarring

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