clamor means A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.
clamor is pronounced /ˈklæm.ɚ/.
Etymology
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”).
The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.
noun
- A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.“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: […]”
- Any loud and continued noise.
- A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
verb
- To cry out or demand.“Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.”
- To demand by outcry.“Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears”
- To become noisy insistently.“After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored”
- To influence by outcry.“His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote”
- To silence.