What does clamorous mean?
Definitions for clamorous
ˈklæm ər əsclam·orous
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Princeton's WordNet
blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferousadjective
conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
"blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
Wiktionary
clamorousadjective
Of or pertaining to clamor.
clamorousadjective
noisy, loud.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Clamorousadjective
Vociferous; noisy; turbulent; loud.
Etymology: from clamour.
It is no sufficient argument to say, that, in urging these ceremonies, none are so clamorous as Papists, and they whom Papists suborn. Richard Hooker, b. iv. sect. 9.
He kiss’d her lips
With such a clamorous smack, that at the parting
All the church eccho’d. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.At my birth
The goats ran from the mountains, and the herds
Were strangely clam’rous in the frighted fields. William Shakespeare.With the clam’rous report of war,
Thus will I drown your exclamations. William Shakespeare, Richard III.Then various elements against thee join’d,
In one more various animal combin’d,
And fram’d the clam’rous race of busy humankind. Alexander Pope.A pamphlet that will settle the wavering, instruct the ignorant, and inflame the clamorous. Jonathan Swift.
ChatGPT
clamorous
Clamorous refers to making a loud and confusing noise or emphatically expressing a demand or complaint. It means characterized by, involving, or causing a lot of noise and complaints often in a public manner.
Webster Dictionary
Clamorousadjective
speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent
Etymology: [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus: cf. OF. clamoreux.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of clamorous in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of clamorous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of clamorous in a Sentence
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed -- and hence clamorous to be led to safety -- by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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