CLAMOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clamor mean? 

• CLAMOR (noun)
  The noun CLAMOR has 2 senses:

1. a loud harsh or strident noise

2. loud and persistent outcry from many people

  Familiarity information: CLAMOR used as a noun is rare.

• CLAMOR (verb)
  The verb CLAMOR has 3 senses:

1. make loud demands

2. utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

3. compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring

  Familiarity information: CLAMOR used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLAMOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud harsh or strident noise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

blare; blaring; cacophony; clamor; din

Hypernyms ("clamor" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

clamorous (conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Loud and persistent outcry from many people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

clamor; clamoring; clamour; clamouring; hue and cry

Context example:

he ignored the clamor of the crowd

Hypernyms ("clamor" is a kind of...):

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

clamor (utter or proclaim insistently and noisily)

clamorous (conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry)

• CLAMOR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they clamor    ... he / she / it clamors   
Past simple: clamored   
Past participle: clamored   
-ing form: clamoring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make loud demands

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

clamor; clamour

Context example:

he clamored for justice and tolerance

Hypernyms (to "clamor" is one way to...):

demand (request urgently and forcefully)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

clamoring (loud and persistent outcry from many people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

clamor; clamour

Context example:

The delegates clamored their disappointment

Hypernyms (to "clamor" is one way to...):

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

clamor; clamoring (loud and persistent outcry from many people)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

They clamored the mayor into building a new park

Hypernyms (to "clamor" is one way to...):

compel; obligate; oblige (force somebody to do something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

 Context examples 

The type-writer people were again clamoring for money, insistently pointing out that according to the agreement rent was to be paid strictly in advance.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He pretended knowledge of Dennin's absence, and affected a mysterious air, while they clamored for information.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

From this crawling flapping mass of obscene reptilian life came the shocking clamor which filled the air and the mephitic, horrible, musty odor which turned us sick.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He did not steal for joy of it, but because of the clamor of his stomach.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Breathless they stood and silent, but no sound came up to them, save the roar of the flames and the clamor of their enemies.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The ambient sound field is dominated by the sound of earthquakes, both near and far, as well as distinct moans of baleen whales, and the clamor of a category 4 typhoon that just happened to pass overhead.

(Seven miles deep, the ocean is still a noisy place, NOAA)

Sometimes it seems to me that all the world, all life, everything, had taken up residence inside of me and was clamoring for me to be the spokesman.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A wild shrill clamor rose from the edge of the wood and suddenly a body of ape-men rushed out with clubs and stones, and made for the center of the Indian line.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Company was already well-nigh through the village; but, as the knight and his squires closed up upon them, they heard the clamor of a strident voice, followed by a roar of deep-chested laughter from the ranks of the archers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thornton’s doubt was strong in his face, but his fighting spirit was aroused—the fighting spirit that soars above odds, fails to recognize the impossible, and is deaf to all save the clamor for battle.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)