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📢 To demand loudly 📢 A loud outcry
to clamor

to clamor

51 6.1
To shout loudly to demand something, often with other people
  • verb
  • /ˈklæmər/
  • US
translation icon : clamar por
  • How should business leaders choose among the many stakeholders clamoring for a seat at the table?
  • clamor for more
  • clamor for recognition
  • clamor to get

He has turned the world upside down and now the nations are clamoring.

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Examples

  • How do they plan to reduce the vast jumble of memories clamoring to be sorted out and described?

    Academic text (2009)

  • And we know that Congress is clamoring to prevent these cliffs from occurring.

  • If you can do that, Hollywood and the international film industry will be clamoring for your work.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Many hospital executives have joined those clamoring for change in the healthcare system.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Our public, not unlike the rest of the country, was clamoring for accountability.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Well, now there's all kinds of folks clamoring for admission, but there's still the same amount of elite positions.

  • The business was booming, with waiting lists of Ohio Jewry clamoring for available slots.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The discovery of presidential corruption would set American protectionists clamoring to use NAFTA's pull-out clause.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The protesters are clamoring for justice after the recent events in their community.

  • Students are clamoring for more resources and better facilities on campus.

Synonyms

to press
vsto clamor
285 3.9

Ask someone firmly and repeatedly to do something

is louder and group based rather than quiet persistent urging
to protest
vsto clamor
283 3.2

To show strong disagreement in public, often by joining a march or strike

is louder and more persistent often voiced repeatedly by groups
to make a fuss
vsto clamor
22 3.0

Complain loudly about something small

is more purposeful and directed at demanding change not mere attention seeking
to make waves
vsto clamor
  • Informal
12 4.9

To get attention or cause trouble by changing the usual way things are done

is focused on loud persistent group demands rather than producing change directly
to agitate
vsto clamor
11 5.6

To try to make political or social change

is noisier and focuses on loud group demands rather than organized campaigning
to rant and rave
vsto clamor
  • Informal
9 6.9

Shout angrily and complain for a long time

focuses more on organized loud demands aimed at change rather than venting
to make a stink
vsto clamor
  • Informal
4 6.8

Complain loudly in public to get attention

is more sustained and often group based aiming to demand change persistently
to beat the drum
vsto clamor
2 5.5

To speak or act strongly to support a cause

aims to pressure or complain loudly for change rather than promote
to raise a stink
vsto clamor
2 7.4

To complain loudly and make people notice the problem

is usually more continuous and collective seeking repeated public demands
to fulminate
vsto clamor
  • Formal
1 9.0

To speak or write very angrily against something to show strong criticism

tends to be louder and collective focusing on sustained group demands

How Loud

to bellow
39 4.7
to shout
644 1.0
to clamor
  • US
51 6.1
to protest
283 3.2
to complain
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

clamor infinitive
clamored past
clamored past participle
clamoring present participle
clamors third person singular

Etymology

Clamor comes from the Latin verb clamare, which means 'to shout', and is the same root as exclaim; imagine a crowd all shouting at once. So, to clamor (verb) is to make loud, persistent demands or calls together.