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72 words match “CLAMOR”

CLAMOR v. 7 definitions
To salute loudly. [R.] The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise. Milton .
CLAMORER n.
One who clamors.
CLAMOROUS a.
Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey. -- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness, n.
BARK v.
To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale. Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller.
BARKER n.
An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably.
BELLOW v.
To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. Dryden.
BLARE n.
ewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing. With blare of bugle, clamor of men. Tennyson. His ears are stunned with the thunder's blare. J. R. Drake.
BLATANT a.
Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. "Harsh and blatant tone." R. H. Dana. A monster, which the blatant beast men call. Spenser. Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. W. Irving.
BRABBLE v.
To clamor; to contest noisily. [R.]
BRABBLER n.
A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler. [R] Shak.
CHIDE v.
To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. Shak.
CHURME; CHIRM n.
Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing. [Obs.] The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches. Bacon.
CLAMANT a.
Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorousky. "Clamant children." Thomson.
COMPASS v.
st; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about. With terrors and with clamors compassed round. Milton. Now all the blessings Of a glad cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round.uke xix. 43.
CONTEST n.
ife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation. Leave all noisy contests, all immodest clamors and brawling language. I. Watts.
CONVICIATE v.
To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [Obs.] To conviciate instead of accusing. Laud.
CRY v. 2 definitions
nt Denis will we cry." Shak. -- To cry out. (a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor.
DECRIAL n.
A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure.
DECRY v.
To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage. For small errors they whole plays decry. Dryden. Measures which are extolled by one half of the kingdom are naturally decried by the other. Addison.
DIN n. 2 definitions
Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar. Think you a little din can daunt mine ears Shak. He knew the battle's din afar. Sir W. Scott. The dust and din and steam of town. Tennyson.
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