clamor
pronunciation
How to pronounce clamor in British English:
UK ['klæmə(r)]
How to pronounce clamor in American English:
US ['klæmər]
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- Noun:
- a loud harsh or strident noise
- loud and persistent outcry from many people
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- Verb:
- make loud demands
- utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
- compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring
Word Origin
- clamor (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French clamor "call, cry, appeal, outcry" (12c., Modern French clameur), from Latin clamor "a shout, a loud call" (either friendly or hostile), from clamare "to cry out" (see claim (v.)).
- clamor (v.)
- late 14c., from clamor (n.). Related: Clamored; clamoring.
Example
- 1. Won 't the internet be useful in governing ? Internet addicts clamor for government reports .
- 2. That 's why , for all their clamor as candidates , actual presidents rarely attempt the dramatic changes they campaign on .
- 3. As students of kissinger well know , he has long considered democracy to be a burden on statecraft - both the clamor of democracy within the united states and our agitations for democracy in other lands .
- 4. Amid this clamor , a grizzled gentleman in an expensive-looking blazer walks up .
- 5. That 's one of the reasons I ran for president : because I believe so strongly that the voices of ordinary americans were being drowned out by the clamor of a privileged few in washington .