Meaning of CLAMOROUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'klamurus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" |
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| | Synonyms: | | blatant, clamant, noisy, strident, vociferous |
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| | Definition: | | \Clam"or*ous\, a. [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus:
cf. OF. clamoreux.]
Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or
demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling;
loud; turbulent. ``My young ones were clamorous for a
morning's excursion.'' --Southey. -- {Clam"or*ous*ly}, adv.
-- {Clam"or*ous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | acute, articulate, bawling, begging, blaring, blatant, blatting, blustering, boanergean, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, burning, clamant, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, compelling, critical, crucial, crying, demanding, dire, draining, eloquent, exacting, exigent, exorbitant, extortionate, grasping, high-pressure, high-priority, imperative, imperious, imploring, importunate, insistent, instant, loud, loudmouthed, mafficking, multivocal, noiseful, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, persistent, pertinacious, pivotal, pressing, rackety, rip-roaring, rowdy, screaming, shouting, strepitant, strepitous, strident, taxing, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious, urgent, vocal, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, voluble, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping |
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