clamor

Meaning

Noun

1. (US, countable, uncountable) A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
2. (US, countable, uncountable) Any loud and continued noise.
3. (US, countable, uncountable) A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

Verb

1. (US, intransitive) To cry out or demand.
2. (US, transitive) To demand by outcry.
3. (US, intransitive) To become noisy insistently.
4. (US, transitive) To influence by outcry.
5. (US, obsolete, transitive) To silence.

Synonyms

clamour

noise

cry

😢

din

shout

clamour

tumult

hubbub

uproar

blare

holler

make noise

outcry

yell

bawl

make a fuss

excited

halloo

cacophony

call

clamouring

scream

😱

roar

racket

make a din

ballyhoo

bellow

blaring

call out

clamoring

commotion

cry out

disturbance

exclaim

fuss

howl

hue and cry

hullabaloo

row

ruckus

sound

🔉

squall

turmoil

vociferation

whoop

be noisy

hollo

make a noise

be loud

protesting

Translations

clamore

clamor

clameur

clamor

smaniare

clam

reclamo

protesta

chiasso

vociférer

toben

😡

protestare

reclamare

schreien

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklæm.ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: clamour

In summary

Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).
The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.