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

Example sentences :

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

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