clamorousadj.
/ˈklamərəs/ Characterized by clamour.
1. Of the nature of clamour; uttered with, or accompanied by, clamour or shouting; noisy.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [adjective] > outcry or clamour
crying1398
clamorous1526
wrangling1551
blatant1656
obstropolous1748
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. aiii Defendeth with highe and clamorous wordes or speche his opinyon.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. iii. 51 Hee..kist her lips with such a clamorous smacke, that at the parting all the Church did eccho. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 479 Chaos wilde..fiercely oppos'd My journey strange, with clamorous uproare. View more context for this quotation
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 440. ¶6 He still reasoned in a more clamorous and confused manner.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. i. 23 Loud and clamorous was the babble against the new soap.
1843 R. W. Emerson Transcendentalist in Dial Jan. 312 They..reject the clamorous nonsense of the hour.
2. Uttering loud and persistent cries or shouts; noisy, vociferous; loudly urgent. Said of persons and other agents, or instruments; and transferred of places where these are.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [adjective] > outcry or clamour > making
clamosec1380
criousa1382
clamorousa1554
brawlinga1568
outcrying1593
barking1598
wrangling1608
clamouring1635
clamant1639
hullabalooing1867
conclamant1890
yammering1895
clamatory1900
a1554 J. Croke tr. Thirteen Psalms (1844) cii. 19 Mercifull Lorde..let ascende vp to thyne eare, My wofull voyce, and clamorous.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 143 I will bee..more clamorous then a Parrat against raine. View more context for this quotation
1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 339 The clam'rous crowd is hush'd with mugs of Mum.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 98 Clamorous war-pipes yelled the gathering sound.
1858 W. Johnson Ionica 27 The zeal of those that miss the prize On clamorous river-banks.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 45 Thersites only, clamorous of tongue, Kept brawling.
3. figurative. That urgently claims attention, ‘crying’; importunate. (Often including actual noise.)
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > urgently demanding action
clamorous1621
fit1621
clamanta1687
the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > importunate
onwileOE
importune?1406
instant1477
importunate1529
urgent1548
important1591
importuning1599
instancing1606
clamorous1621
precarious1655
craving1668
clamanta1687
1621–31 W. Laud Seven Serm. (1847) 98 I doubt our sins have been as clamorous upon God to heat His fire.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 44 Put an end to this clamorous Evil.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit x. 18 Clamorous Debts.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. i. 6 The age..we may almost say, is clamorous for new works.
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