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Synonyms
clam·or (klăḿər)

[Middle English clamour, from Old French, from Latin clāmor, shout, from clāmāre, to cry out.]

noun 

  1. A loud outcry; a hubbub.
  2. A vehement expression of discontent or protest: a clamor in the press for pollution control.
  3. A loud sustained noise. See synonyms at noise

verb: -ored, -or·ing, -ors. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To make a loud sustained noise or outcry.
  2. To make insistent demands or complaints: clamored for tax reforms.

transitive verb 

  1. To exclaim insistently and noisily: The representatives clamored their disapproval.
  2. To influence or force by clamoring: clamored the mayor into resigning.

derivatives

claḿor·er
noun