clamor
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
clamor (American spelling)
- A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415 ↗, book I, page 17 ↗:
- 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: {{...}
- Any loud and continued noise.
- A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
clamor (clamors, present participle clamoring; past and past participle clamored) (American spelling)
- (intransitive) To cry out and/or demand.
- Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
- (transitive) To demand by outcry.
- Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special ↗," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
- The distinctness of London has led many to clamor for the capital to pursue its own policies, especially on immigration. The British prime minister, David Cameron, is a Conservative. So is the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But they have diametrically opposed views on immigration.
- (intransitive) To become noisy insistently.
- After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
- (transitive) To influence by outcry.
- His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote
- (obsolete, transitive) To silence.
- (to cry out) din
- German: schreien
- German: mit lautem Geschrei fordern
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