Clamorous

3 definitions found

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

  Clamorous \Clam"or*ous\, a. [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus:
     cf. OF. clamoreux.]
     Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or
     demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling;
     loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a
     morning's excursion." --Southey. -- {Clam"or*ous*ly}, adv. --


     {Clam"or*ous*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clamorous
       adj : conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement
             outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar";
             "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: {blatant},
              {clamant}, {strident}, {vociferous}]

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

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "clamorous":
     acute, articulate, bawling, begging, blaring, blatant, blatting,
     blustering, boanergean, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen,
     burning, clamant, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery,
     compelling, critical, crucial, crying, demanding, dire, draining,
     eloquent, exacting, exigent, exorbitant, extortionate, grasping,
     high-pressure, high-priority, imperative, imperious, imploring,
     importunate, insistent, instant, loud, loudmouthed, mafficking,
     multivocal, noiseful, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, persistent,
     pertinacious, pivotal, pressing, rackety, rip-roaring, rowdy,
     screaming, shouting, strepitant, strepitous, strident, taxing,
     tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious, urgent, vocal,
     vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, voluble, yammering, yapping,
     yelling, yelping