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Clamorous

//ˈklæməɹəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to clamor.; Of great intensity. (of sounds)

    "a clamorous fire alarm"

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to clamor.; Creating a loud noise. (of people, animals or things)

    "clamorous trumpets"

  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to clamor.; Expressed loudly. (of emotions or feelings)

    "We are disgusted with that clamorous grief, which, without any delicacy, calls upon our compassion with sighs and tears and importunate lamentations."

  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to clamor.; Filled with or accompanied by a great deal of noise. (of times, places, events or activities)

    "a clamorous market"

  5. 5
    Of or pertaining to clamor.; Insistently expressing a desire for something.

    "Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds Rather than make unprofited return."

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  1. 6
    Having especially (and often unpleasantly) bright or contrasting colours or patterns.

    "She led them along a path edged with round, whitewashed stones and equally rounded basils of a clamorous green."

Adjective
  1. 1
    conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry wordnet

Etymology

From clamor + -ous; compare Latin clāmōrōsus and French clamoreux (obsolete), from Latin clāmōrem.

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