clam·or
(klăḿər)
[Middle English clamour, from Old French, from Latin clāmor, shout, from clāmāre, to cry out.]
noun
- A loud outcry; a hubbub.
- A vehement expression of discontent or protest: a clamor in the press for pollution control.
- A loud sustained noise. See synonyms at noise
verb: -ored, -or·ing, -ors.
intransitive verb
- To make a loud sustained noise or outcry.
- To make insistent demands or complaints: clamored for tax reforms.
transitive verb
- To exclaim insistently and noisily: The representatives clamored their disapproval.
- To influence or force by clamoring: clamored the mayor into resigning.
derivatives
- claḿor·er
- noun