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Word entry · 6 letters

clamor

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"Loud public noise"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈklæm.ɚ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aclmorStarts with CEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A loud noise, outcry, or noisy public demand.

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]
  • Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
  • Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears

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