clamorous
Syllables: cla·mor·ousUK/ˈklæməɹəs/
clamorous adjective: of great intensity. (of sounds).
Adjective
clamorous (comparative more clamorous, superlative most clamorous)
- Of great intensity. (of sounds)
- a clamorous fire alarm
- […] he took the bride about the neck,
And kiss’d her lips with such a clamorous smack
That at the parting all the church did echo.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- loud
- Creating a loud noise. (of people, animals or things)
- clamorous trumpets
- The clamorous owl that nightly hootsc. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
- Synonyms:
- noisy
- Expressed loudly. (of emotions or feelings)
- We are disgusted with that clamorous grief, which, without any delicacy, calls upon our compassion with sighs and tears and importunate lamentations.1769, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, London: A. Millar, Part 1, Section 2, Chapter 4, p. 42
- […] in the clamorous happiness of Lydia herself in bidding farewell, the more gentle adieus of her sisters were uttered without being heard.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 18, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 226
- Filled with or accompanied by a great deal of noise. (of times, places, events or activities)
- a clamorous market
- Life had long been astir in the village, and clamorous labor
Knocked with its hundred hands at the golden gates of the morning.1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, page 49
- Synonyms:
- noisy
- Insistently expressing a desire for something.
- Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds
Rather than make unprofited return.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and... - […] Overbury in the mean time might write clamorous and furious Letters to his Friends,1656, William Sanderson, A Compleat History of the Lives and Reigns of Mary Queen of Scotland, and of […] James the Sixth, King of Scotland, and […] King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, the...
- Synonyms:
- vociferous
- Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds
- Having especially (and often unpleasantly) bright or contrasting colours or patterns.
- She led them along a path edged with round, whitewashed stones and equally rounded basils of a clamorous green.1970, Patrick White, chapter 6, in The Vivisector, New York: Avon, published 1980, page 376
- It was impossible to overlook the clamorous parrots on the new missionary’s Hawaiian shirt.2015, John Irving, chapter 9, in Avenue of the Mysteries, New York: Simon and Schuster, page 99
clamorous meaning in Malayalam and Gujarati
clamorous in Malayalam
- അതിഘോഷത്തോടുകൂടിയ, തൊള്ളയിടുന്ന, ഉച്ചത്തിൽ നിലവിളിക്കുന്ന, ശബ്ദായമാനം
clamorous in Gujarati
- noisy and loud
- કકળાટિયું kakaḷāṭiyũ, ઘોંઘાટિયું ghoṅghāṭiyũ
Examples of clamorous in a sentence
- It passed off in a clamorous peal that seemed to wake an echo in every lonely chamber;1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XI, in Jane Eyre. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […]...
- […] he tried rising late, but the clamorous dawn, filled with clanging milkmen and argumentative crows, was always victorious.1995, Rohinton Mistry, chapter 11, in A Fine Balance, London: Faber & Faber, page 425:
- The people became clamorous to get land, and the rich and the great, we may believe, were perfectly determined not to give them any part of theirs.1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 2, Book 4...
- They were clamorous for an expedition to the hills, before the calm stillness of the autumn should be disturbed by storms.1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 2, in Ruth, volume 3, London: Chapman and Hall, page 58:
Synonyms of clamorous
Forms of clamorous
| comparative | more clamorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most clamorous |
| alternative form (archaic) | clamourous |
Origin of clamorous
From clamor + -ous; compare Latin clāmōrōsus and French clamoreux (obsolete), from Latin clāmōrem.
Words formed from clamorous
Phrases with clamorous
Questions about clamorous
- What does clamorous mean?
- Clamorous means of great intensity. (of sounds).
- What is clamorous in Malayalam?
- Clamorous in Malayalam is അതിഘോഷത്തോടുകൂടിയ, തൊള്ളയിടുന്ന, ഉച്ചത്തിൽ നിലവിളിക്കുന്ന. See Clamorous meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use clamorous in a sentence?
- It passed off in a clamorous peal that seemed to wake an echo in every lonely chamber;
- What part of speech is clamorous?
- Clamorous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce clamorous?
- Clamorous is pronounced /ˈklæməɹəs/ (UK).
Words near clamorous in the dictionary
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