clamourverb [ I ]
UK US clamor uk/ˈklæm.ər/us/ˈklæm.ɚ/to make a loud complaint or demand:
The children were all clamouring for attention.
[ + to infinitive ] She clamours to go home as soon as she gets to school.
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Shouting & screaming
- barracking
- bawl
- be in full cry idiom
- bellow
- burst
- burst out
- call (sth) out
- cry out
- howl
- hurl
- roar
- scream your head off idiom
- scream/shout blue murder idiom
- screech
- shout
- shouting
- shriek
- squawk
- squee
- thunder
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clamournoun [ S or U ]
UK US clamor uk/ˈklæm.ər/us/ˈklæm.ɚ/a loud complaint about something or a demand for something:
After the bombing, there was a public clamour for vengeance.
formal loud noise, especially made by people's voices:
the clamour of the city
a clamour of voices
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Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- nagging
- protest
- quibble
- start on at sb
- whinger
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