[syn: clamor, clamour]
3. compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring;
- Example: "They clamored the mayor into building a new park"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clamor \Clam"or\, v. i.
To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to talk in a
loud voice; to complain; to make importunate demands.
Syn: clamor, roar, vociferate, holler, hollo.
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The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night. --Shak.
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2. to dispute in a loud voice.
Syn: brawl, wrangle, clamor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clamor \Clam"or\, n. [OF. clamour, clamur, F. clameur, fr. L.
clamor, fr. clamare to cry out. See Claim.]
1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued
shouting or exclamation from many people. --Shak. [Also
spelled clamour.]
Syn: clamor, hue and cry.
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2. Any loud and continued noise. --Addison.
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3. A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a
popular outcry. --Macaulay.
Syn: Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clamor \Clam"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamored; p. pr. & vb.
n. Clamoring.]
1. To salute loudly. [R.]
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The people with a shout
Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise.
--Milton
.
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2. To stun with noise. [R.] --Bacon.
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3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
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Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly.
--Longfellow.
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To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as
to produce a loud clang. --Bp.
Warbur?ion.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clamor
n 1: a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring,
cacophony, clamor, din]
2: loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the
clamor of the crowd" [syn: clamor, clamoring, clamour,
clamouring, hue and cry]
v 1: make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance"
[syn: clamor, clamour]
2: utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates
clamored their disappointment" [syn: clamor, clamour]
3: compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring; "They
clamored the mayor into building a new park"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
142 Moby Thesaurus words for "clamor":
Babel, Bedlam let loose, adjuration, agitate, air a grievance,
appeal, babel, bawl, be noisy, bedlam, beef, bellow, bellow out,
bellyache, beseechment, bid, bitch, blast, bluster, bobbery, brawl,
brouhaha, bustle, call, call out, charivari, chirm, claim, clangor,
clap, clash, clatter, commotion, complain, convulsion, crab, croak,
cry, cry out, debate, demand, din, discord, dispute, donnybrook,
drunken brawl, dustup, entreaty, ferment, flap, fracas,
free-for-all, fret, fret and fume, fuss, gaff, gripe, groan,
grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grunt, harshness, hassle,
hell broke loose, holler, holler out, howl, hubbub, hue and cry,
hullabaloo, hurly-burly, imploration, imploring, imprecation,
invocation, invocatory plea, jangle, jar, kick, lodge a complaint,
loud noise, maffick, make a noise, make a racket, make an outcry,
make an uproar, mere noise, murmur, mutter, noise,
noise and shouting, obsecration, obtestation, outcry, pandemonium,
pipe up, plea, prayer, racket, raise Cain, raise a clamor,
raise a howl, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, rattle,
register a complaint, rhubarb, roar, rogation, rout, row, ruckus,
ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, shivaree, shout out, sing out,
squawk, suit, supplication, take on, thunder, thunderclap,
tintamarre, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, upturn,
vociferate, vociferation, whirl, whoop it up, yap, yell out,
yelp