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Antonyms for clamor
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : klam-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklæm ər |
Definition of clamor
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French clamor "call, cry, appeal, outcry" (12c., Modern French clameur), from Latin clamor "a shout, a loud call" (either friendly or hostile), from clamare "to cry out" (see claim (v.)).
- noun loud cry; commotion
- verb cry out, make commotion
- Only in the cafes there is a clamor of voices and a drowning of care.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- His voice was drowned by the clamor that went up from every side.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Presently, through the clamor around me, I heard "the Indian" crying.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- There had been the clamor of surprised and shouting men: there was silence now.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- Then rose a clamor of questions from all sides, which I answered as best I could.
- Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
- The screams continued, filling the entire apartment with their clamor.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- Edwardson asked, over the clamor of the Detector alarm bell.
- Extract from : « The Hour of Battle » by Robert Sheckley
- For I am going to say other things to you, at which, perhaps, you will raise a clamor; but on no account do so.
- Extract from : « Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates » by Plato
- Their clamor broke out once more as she ceased, but it was more subdued.
- Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin
- She could hear in its clamor the voices of friends and lovers.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
Synonyms for clamor
- agitate
- agitation
- babel
- bark
- bawl
- bellow
- blare
- bluster
- brouhaha
- bustle
- buzz
- claim
- clinker
- complaint
- convulsion
- debate
- demand
- din
- discord
- dispute
- exclamation
- ferment
- hassle
- holler
- hoo-ha
- hubba-hubba
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hurly-burly
- lament
- noise
- outcry
- pandemonium
- protesting
- put up a howl
- racket
- raise Cain
- raise the roof
- remonstrance
- roar
- rout
- row
- ruckus
- shout
- shouting
- to-do
- tumult
- turmoil
- upheaval
- uproar
- vociferation
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