clamour
Plural: clamours
Noun
- loud and persistent outcry from many people
- British and Canadian spelling of clamor.
Verb
Verb Forms: clamoured, clamouring, clamours
- To make a loud and sustained noise; to clamor (British spelling).
- utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
- make loud demands
- British and Canada spelling of clamor.
- To salute loudly.
- To stun with noise.
- To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
Examples
- Despite the crowd’s CLAMOUR, she focused intently on her Scrabble rack, eyeing a triple word score.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).
Synonyms
clamor, clamoring, clamouring, hue and cry
Scrabble Score: 11
clamour: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordclamour: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
clamour: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
clamour: valid Words With Friends Word