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noun

Clamor n.

A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation from many people. (Also spelled clamour)

Synonyms: clamor, hue and cry.

Any loud and continued noise.

A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

Synonyms: Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.

verb

Clamor v. t. (past & past part. clamored; pres. part. clamoring)

To salute loudly. (R.) "The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise.".

To stun with noise. (R.)

To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout. "Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly." "To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang."

Clamor v. i.

To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to talk in a loud voice; to complain; to make importunate demands.

Synonyms: clamor, roar, vociferate, holler, hollo. "The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night."

To dispute in a loud voice.

Synonyms: brawl, wrangle, clamor.

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Etymology of 'Clamor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clamor" Quotes from Famous Books

... was in progress there was a constant murmur among the Whigs about Mr. Webster's remaining in the cabinet, and as soon as the treaty was actually signed a loud clamor began—both among the politicians and in the newspapers—for his resignation. In the midst of this outcry the Senate met and ratified the treaty by a vote of thirty-nine to nine,—a great triumph for its ...

— Daniel Webster • Henry Cabot Lodge

... exquisite elegance, made of a beautifully chased Spanish piece, and a sonnette, which, when required, could give forth a report equal to that of a revolver. During violent debates this novel kind of bell scarcely sufficed to drown the clamor of these ...

— Jules Verne's Classic Books • Jules Verne

... cried, 'O father! O brother! O love! O my child!' The man who was the accused, yet who was the judge, listened; and his heart burned, and a longing arose within him for the face of the Father and the better way. But then there came a clang and clamor of sound on the other side; and voices called out to him as comrade, as lover, as friend, and reminded him of the delights which once had been so sweet to him, and of the freedom he loved; and boasted the right of man to seek what was pleasant and what was sweet, ...

— The Little Pilgrim: Further Experiences. - Stories of the Seen and the Unseen. • Margaret O. (Wilson) Oliphant

... death. The Swift One and I were aroused by a pandemonium of screeching and gibbering. Our cave was the highest of all on the cliff, and we crept to the mouth and peered down. The open space was filled with the Fire People. Their cries and yells were added to the clamor, but they had order and plan, while we Folk had none. Each one of us fought and acted for himself, and no one of us knew the extent of the calamity that ...

— Before Adam • Jack London

... not sow regrets in the present time, so sweet as it is, to poison my after life. Do not spoil the future, and, I say it with pride, do not spoil the present! Is not my whole heart yours? What more must you have? Can it be that your love is influenced by the clamor of the senses, when it is the noblest privilege of the beloved to silence them? For whom do you take me? Am I not your Beatrice? If I am not something more than a woman for you, I am less than ...

— Two Poets - Lost Illusions Part I • Honore de Balzac

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