clamor

Meanings

Noun

• A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
• Any loud and continued noise.
• A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

Verb

• To cry out and/or demand.
• To demand by outcry.
• To become noisy insistently.
• To influence by outcry.
• To silence.

Related

Similar words

• outcry, tumult
• din

Origin

• Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor ("a shout, cry"), from clāmō; the sense to silence may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.