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Meaning of sound and fury | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Impotent or meaningless ranting.

uncountable

Examples

“[…] I met Babu in the Ugandan capital, Kampula, during the Pan African Movement meeting and he was full of sound and fury, backing the divisive (and now discredited) ethnic politics of the regime in Ethiopia. In fact, Babu was a radical nationalist who was never able to surpass the limitations of his "island" […]”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

sound art sound artist sound as a bell sound barrier sound bath sound bite