CLAMORING

clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry

(noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people; “he ignored the clamor of the crowd”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

clamoring

present participle of clamor

Noun

clamoring (plural clamorings)

A sound that clamors.

Source: Wiktionary


CLAMOR

Clam"or, n. Etym: [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. Shak.

2. Any loud and continued noise. Addison.

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

Syn.

– Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.

Clam"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamored; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamoring.]

1. To salute loudly. [R.] The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise. Milton .

2. To stun with noise. [R.] Bacon.

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

Clam"or, v. i.

Definition: To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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