Clamor

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clamor \Clam"or\, v. i.
     To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to talk in a
     loud voice; to complain; to make importunate demands.
  
     Syn: clamor, roar, vociferate, holler, hollo.
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                The obscure bird
                Clamored the livelong night.        --Shak.
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     2. to dispute in a loud voice.
  
     Syn: brawl, wrangle, clamor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clamor \Clam"or\, n. [OF. clamour, clamur, F. clameur, fr. L.
     clamor, fr. clamare to cry out. See {Claim}.]
     1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued
        shouting or exclamation from many people. --Shak. [Also
        spelled {clamour}.]
  
     Syn: clamor, hue and cry.
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     2. Any loud and continued noise. --Addison.
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     3. A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a
        popular outcry. --Macaulay.
  
     Syn: Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clamor \Clam"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clamored}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Clamoring}.]
     1. To salute loudly. [R.]
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              The people with a shout
              Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise.
                                                    --Milton
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     2. To stun with noise. [R.] --Bacon.
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     3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
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              Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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              To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as
              to produce a loud clang.              --Bp.
                                                    Warbur?ion.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clamor
       n 1: a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: {blare}, {blaring}, {cacophony},
             {din}]
       2: loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the
          clamor of the crowd" [syn: {clamoring}, {clamour}, {clamouring},
           {hue and cry}]
       v 1: make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance"
            [syn: {clamour}]
       2: utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates
          clamored their disappointment" [syn: {clamour}]
       3: compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring; "They
          clamored the mayor into building a new park"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  142 Moby Thesaurus words for "clamor":
     Babel, Bedlam let loose, adjuration, agitate, air a grievance,
     appeal, babel, bawl, be noisy, bedlam, beef, bellow, bellow out,
     bellyache, beseechment, bid, bitch, blast, bluster, bobbery, brawl,
     brouhaha, bustle, call, call out, charivari, chirm, claim, clangor,
     clap, clash, clatter, commotion, complain, convulsion, crab, croak,
     cry, cry out, debate, demand, din, discord, dispute, donnybrook,
     drunken brawl, dustup, entreaty, ferment, flap, fracas,
     free-for-all, fret, fret and fume, fuss, gaff, gripe, groan,
     grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grunt, harshness, hassle,
     hell broke loose, holler, holler out, howl, hubbub, hue and cry,
     hullabaloo, hurly-burly, imploration, imploring, imprecation,
     invocation, invocatory plea, jangle, jar, kick, lodge a complaint,
     loud noise, maffick, make a noise, make a racket, make an outcry,
     make an uproar, mere noise, murmur, mutter, noise,
     noise and shouting, obsecration, obtestation, outcry, pandemonium,
     pipe up, plea, prayer, racket, raise Cain, raise a clamor,
     raise a howl, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, rattle,
     register a complaint, rhubarb, roar, rogation, rout, row, ruckus,
     ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, shivaree, shout out, sing out,
     squawk, suit, supplication, take on, thunder, thunderclap,
     tintamarre, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, upturn,
     vociferate, vociferation, whirl, whoop it up, yap, yell out,
     yelp