clamor
kla mer
- n a loud harsh or strident noise
- n loud and persistent outcry from many people
he ignored the clamor of the crowd - v make loud demands
he clamored for justice and tolerance - v utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
The delegates clamored their disappointment - v compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring
They clamored the mayor into building a new park
- If tourists more drawn to the sybaritic pleasures of Rio de Janeiro or the urban clamor of So Paulo know it at all, it is because they may pass through it on their way to .
- Crowds did not clamor for a glimpse of him.
- Friends started to clamor for ones just like it, and so he started amassing old fabric: denim, chambray, hand-woven linen, even old canvas dropcloths.