clamorous

adjective

clam·or·ous ˈklam-rəs

ˈkla-mər-əs

Synonyms of clamorous next

: marked by confused din or outcry : tumultuous

clamorous city streets

: noisily insistent

clamorous demands

clamorously adverb

clamorousness noun

Choose the Right Synonym for clamorous

vociferous, clamorous, blatant, strident, boisterous, obstreperous mean so loud or insistent as to compel attention.

vociferous implies a vehement shouting or calling out.

vociferous cries of protest and outrage

clamorous may imply insistency as well as vociferousness in demanding or protesting.

clamorous demands for prison reforms

blatant implies an offensive bellowing or insensitive loudness.

blatant rock music

a blatant clamor for impeachment

strident suggests harsh and discordant noise.

heard the strident cry of the crow

boisterous suggests a noisiness and turbulence due to high spirits.

a boisterous crowd of party goers

obstreperous suggests unruly and aggressive noisiness and resistance to restraint.

the obstreperous demonstrators were arrested

Examples of clamorous in a Sentence

a clamorous objection to the play that the students have chosen to put on this year a clamorous kindergarten classroom that would try the patience of any sane adult

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Travis Meier, Washington Post, 12 June 2024 And if its critics have seldom been more clamorous, the creed has never been so necessary. —

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019 See all Example Sentences for clamorous

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