clamorous
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/ˈklæməɹəs/
Definition of clamorous
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or pertaining to clamor.
“a clamorous fire alarm”
“[…] he took the bride about the neck, And kiss’d her lips with such a clamorous smack That at the parting all the church did echo.”
“[…] the sound [of laughter] ceased, only for an instant; it began again, louder: for at first, though distinct, it was very low. It passed off in a clamorous peal that seemed to wake an echo in every lonely chamber;”
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adj
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Of or pertaining to clamor.
“a clamorous fire alarm”
“[…] he took the bride about the neck, And kiss’d her lips with such a clamorous smack That at the parting all the church did echo.”
“[…] the sound [of laughter] ceased, only for an instant; it began again, louder: for at first, though distinct, it was very low. It passed off in a clamorous peal that seemed to wake an echo in every lonely chamber;”
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Of or pertaining to clamor.
“clamorous trumpets”
“The clamorous owl that nightly hoots”
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Of or pertaining to clamor.
“We are disgusted with that clamorous grief, which, without any delicacy, calls upon our compassion with sighs and tears and importunate lamentations.”
“[…] in the clamorous happiness of Lydia herself in bidding farewell, the more gentle adieus of her sisters were uttered without being heard.”
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Of or pertaining to clamor.
“a clamorous market”
“Life had long been astir in the village, and clamorous labor Knocked with its hundred hands at the golden gates of the morning.”
“[…] he tried rising late, but the clamorous dawn, filled with clanging milkmen and argumentative crows, was always victorious.”
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Of or pertaining to clamor.
“Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds Rather than make unprofited return.”
“[…] Overbury in the mean time might write clamorous and furious Letters to his Friends,”
“The people became clamorous to get land, and the rich and the great, we may believe, were perfectly determined not to give them any part of theirs.”
“They were clamorous for an expedition to the hills, before the calm stillness of the autumn should be disturbed by storms.”
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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.”
“It was impossible to overlook the clamorous parrots on the new missionary’s Hawaiian shirt.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From clamor + -ous; compare Latin clāmōrōsus and French clamoreux (obsolete), from Latin clāmōrem.
Words you can make from clamorous
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13 words6-letter words
29 words- CAROMS 10 pts
- CLAMOR 10 pts
- COMOUS 10 pts
- LOCUMS 10 pts
- MACROS 10 pts
- MUCORS 10 pts
- MUCOSA 10 pts
- MUCROS 10 pts
- SACRUM 10 pts
- AMOURS 8 pts
- CAROLS 8 pts
- CLAROS 8 pts
- CLOURS 8 pts
- COLORS 8 pts
- COLOUR 8 pts
- CORALS 8 pts
- LARUMS 8 pts
- LOUMAS 8 pts
- MOLARS 8 pts
- MOOLAS 8 pts
- MORALS 8 pts
- MORULA 8 pts
- MURALS 8 pts
- OCULAR 8 pts
- ORMOLU 8 pts
- OSCULA 8 pts
- RAMOUS 8 pts
- RUCOLA 8 pts
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5-letter words
68 words- CALMS 9 pts
- CAMOS 9 pts
- CAROM 9 pts
- CLAMS 9 pts
- COMAL 9 pts
- COMAS 9 pts
- CORMS 9 pts
- COSMO 9 pts
- CRAMS 9 pts
- CULMS 9 pts
- LOCUM 9 pts
- MACRO 9 pts
- MARCS 9 pts
- MUCOR 9 pts
- MUCRO 9 pts
- MUSCA 9 pts
- SCRAM 9 pts
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- ACROS 7 pts
- ALUMS 7 pts
- AMOUR 7 pts
- ARCUS 7 pts
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- CALOS 7 pts
- CARLS 7 pts
- CAROL 7 pts
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- CURLS 7 pts
- LARUM 7 pts
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- LOCOS 7 pts
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- LOURS 5 pts
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4-letter words
89 words- CALM 8 pts
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- MAUL 6 pts
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- ALSO 4 pts
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