a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction: the clamor of the proponents of the law.
popular outcry: The senators could not ignore the clamor against higher taxation.
any loud and continued noise: the clamor of traffic; the clamor of birds and animals in the zoo.
verb (used without object)
to make a clamor; raise an outcry.
verb (used with object)
to drive, force, influence, etc., by clamoring: The newspapers clamored him out of office.
to utter noisily: They clamored their demands at the meeting.
Also especially British, clam·our .
Origin of clamor
1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English clamor (from Anglo-French ), from Latin, equivalent to clām- (see claim) + -or-or1; Middle English clamour, from Middle French, from Latin clāmōr- (stem of clāmor)
SYNONYMS FOR clamor
1 shouting.
2 vociferation.
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4. See noise.
usage note for clamor
See -or.
OTHER WORDS FROM clamor
clam·or·er,clam·or·ist,noun
Words nearby clamor
clamber, clambering, clam diggers, clam-flat, clammy, clamor, clamorous, clamour, clamp, clampdown, clamp down on
Definition for clamor (2 of 2)
clamor2
[ klam-er ]
/ ˈklæm ər /
verb (used with object)Obsolete.
to silence.
Origin of clamor
2
1605–15; perhaps spelling variant of clammer, obsolete variant of clamber in sense “to clutch,” hence “reduce to silence”