clamour
UK and Canada standard spelling of clamorUK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.
» The clamouring crowd blocked the police cars.
Meaning
4 sensesUK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.
(obsolete, transitive)To salute loudly.
(obsolete, transitive)To stun with noise.
(obsolete, transitive)To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
- make loud demands
- utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
Examples
4 sentencesThe clamouring crowd blocked the police cars.
Then come the clamour and the trumpet's blare.
There was a lot of clamour in the venue before the performance began.
The venom clamours of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog’s tooth.
deDas gift’ge Schreien der eifersücht’gen Frau wirkt tödlicher als eines tollen Hundes Zahn.
Origin
From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
clamours, clamouring, clamoured, clamouredSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle