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sound and fury

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.
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See also

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

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