clamor
1a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction: the clamor of the proponents of the law.
popular outcry: The senators could not ignore the clamor against higher taxation.
any loud and continued noise: the clamor of traffic; the clamor of birds and animals in the zoo.
to make a clamor; raise an outcry.
to drive, force, influence, etc., by clamoring: The newspapers clamored him out of office.
to utter noisily: They clamored their demands at the meeting.
Origin of clamor
1- Also especially British, clam·our .
synonym study For clamor
usage note For clamor
Other words for clamor
1 | shouting |
2 | vociferation |
Other words from clamor
- clam·or·er, clam·or·ist, noun
Other definitions for clamor (2 of 2)
to silence.
Origin of clamor
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How to use clamor in a sentence
Our dragoman kept at bay all the clamouring crowd of porters, guides and nondescripts of all colours and races that besieged us.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowSome day we shall get a great reaction in the States, and then the reforms that plenty of us are clamouring for will come about.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardHer mind was filled with clamouring arguments and explanations and plausible excuses; but she did not know which to select first.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton MerrimanWhile he disdainfully distributed titles and ribbons among a clamouring crowd, he refused all such things for himself.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntAfter a little clamouring they all went off except Juliet and the baby.
Littlebourne Lock | F. Bayford Harrison
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