Sekirov Dictionary

clamour

UK /ˈklæm.ə/US /ˈklæm.ɚ/

verb 8
noun 3
forms 5

verb8

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To cry out or demand.
- Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
•
To demand by outcry.
- Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
•
To become noisy insistently.
- After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
To influence by outcry.
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(no longer used) To salute loudly.
- At sight of him the people with a shout / Rifted the Air clamouring thir god with praise, — 1671
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(no longer used) To stun with noise.
- Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them. — 1625
(no longer used) To silence.
(no longer used) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.

noun3

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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: […] — 1700
Any loud and continued noise.
A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

forms

clamoured · clamouring · clamoureth · clamours · clamourest

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