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. — Esperantostern
Origin
From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).
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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