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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The clamorous close of the 2021 legislative session, and Walz’s role in trying to enact police reform in response to the police killings of Floyd and Wright, plays out in a cache of thousands of internal emails from the Walz administration obtained by ProPublica and the Minnesota Reformer. —

Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2024 After several clamorous years of electric blues power, Mayall abruptly ratcheted down the volume for two albums with Mark and Almond. —

Chris Morris, Variety, 23 July 2024 Running through the streets, kids got a thrill from pulling fire alarms and then hiding around the corner to see the clamorous engines arrive. —

Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 Advertisement And his high-profile presence re-introduces an insistently clamorous voice to what has lately been a nationalist-populist upswelling in Western Europe and beyond, one whose full import may soon become clear. —

Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for clamorous