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Definition of Clamour
1. Verb. Utter or proclaim insistently and noisily. "The delegates clamored their disappointment"
Generic synonyms: Express, Give Tongue To, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Clamor, Clamoring
2. Noun. Loud and persistent outcry from many people. "He ignored the clamor of the crowd"
Generic synonyms: Call, Cry, Outcry, Shout, Vociferation, Yell
Derivative terms: Clamor, Clamorous, Clamor, Clamor
3. Verb. Make loud demands. "He clamored for justice and tolerance"
Definition of Clamour
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of clamor) ¹
2. Verb. (alternative spelling of clamor) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clamour
1. to clamor [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: clamor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clamour
Literary usage of Clamour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Of baleful darts, which Hector and all Troy Pour'd with sky-piercing clamour on
his back; Yet firm again he stood, and wheel'd him round To face them, ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"The Irish, or Welsh," says a writer of 1656, " during eclipses, run about beating
kettles and pans, thinking their clamour and vexations available to the ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, John Bagnell Bury (1897)
"... the guilty general into the hands of the Barbarians, the greatest part of the
subjects of Jovian clamour tritt? of ÌM Libanius, Oral. Parent, c. 145, p. ..."
4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"... his preface to Shakspeare; which, although it excited much clamour against
him at first, is now justly ranked among the most excellent of his writings. ..."
5. The history of England from the Revolution to the death of George the second by David Hume (1848)
"Popular clamour against Lord George Sackville. His address to the public.
lution formed to ... clamour ..."
6. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"clamour and Panic destroy Public Credit. AJ, July 22.—Sir, I find Murmuring at
great Men is so fashionable a Thing now, that if you do not come in for a ..."
7. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1822)
"Provisions/or Cases where there is a total Failure of the Objects of charitable
Trusts—clamour against the Bill among zealous . ..."
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