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Clamor
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- 1 A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation. US, countable, uncountable
"For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]"
- 2 loud and persistent outcry from many people wordnet
- 3 Any loud and continued noise. US, countable, uncountable
- 4 a loud harsh or strident noise wordnet
- 5 A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. US, countable, uncountable
- 1 To cry out or demand. US, intransitive
"Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more."
- 2 make loud demands wordnet
- 3 To demand by outcry. US, transitive
"Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears"
- 4 utter or proclaim insistently and noisily wordnet
- 5 To become noisy insistently. US, intransitive
"After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored"
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- 6 compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring wordnet
- 7 To influence by outcry. US, transitive
"His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote"
- 8 To silence. US, obsolete, transitive
Etymology
Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”). The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.
Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”). The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.
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