clamourous

Adjective

clamorous (comparative more clamorous, superlative most clamorous)

1. Of great intensity. (of sounds)
   • a clamorous fire alarm

   Synonyms:

   loud

2. Creating a loud noise. (of people, animals or things)
   • clamorous trumpets

   Synonyms:

   noisy

3. 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
4. Filled with or accompanied by a great deal of noise. (of times, places, events or activities)
   • a clamorous market

   Synonyms:

   noisy

5. 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...

   Synonyms:

   vociferous

6. 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

   Synonyms:

   garish, gaudy, loud