clamor

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈklæm.ɚ/
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/ˈklæm.ɚ/ · /ˈkleə̯m.ɚ/ · /ˈklɛə̯m.ɚ/

Definition of clamor

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
    “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: […]”
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noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
    “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. (US, countable, uncountable)Any loud and continued noise.
  3. (US, countable, uncountable)A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

verb

  1. (US, intransitive)To cry out or demand.
    “Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.”
    “All the universities are sending in long petitions to restrict their production. Otherwise, they say, mankind will become extinct through lack of fertility. But the R. U. R. shareholders, of course, won't hear of it. All the governments, on the other hand, are clamoring for an increase in production, to raise the standards of their armies. And all the manufacturers in the world are ordering Robots like mad.”
    “[…] the cloth was removed, revealing seriously deformed and ugly feet. Bystanders immediately clamored for the cloth to be put back on, and not only because the feet were ugly – they really stunk, enough to bring tears to your eyes […]”
  2. (US, transitive)To demand by outcry.
    “Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears”
    “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.”
  3. (US, intransitive)To become noisy insistently.
    “After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored”
  4. (US, transitive)To influence by outcry.
    “His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote”
  5. (US, obsolete, transitive)To silence.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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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