clamor

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: clam=or

CIDE DICTIONARY

clamor, n. [OF. clamour, clamur, F. clameur, fr. L. clamor, fr. clamare to cry out. See Claim.].

•  A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation from many people.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any loud and continued noise.  Addison.  [1913 Webster]
•  A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.  Macaulay.

Syn. -- Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.

clamor, v. t. 

•  To salute loudly.  [1913 Webster]

  "The people with a shout
  Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise."  [1913 Webster]
•  To stun with noise.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
•  To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.  [1913 Webster]

  "Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly."  [1913 Webster]

  "To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang."  [1913 Webster]

clamor, v. i. 

•  To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to talk in a loud voice; to complain; to make importunate demands.  [1913 Webster]

  "The obscure bird
  Clamored the livelong night."  [1913 Webster]
•  to dispute in a loud voice.  [WordNet 1.5]

THESAURUS

clamor

Babel, Bedlam let loose, adjuration, agitate, air a grievance, appeal, babel, bawl, be noisy, bedlam, beef, bellow, bellow out, bellyache, beseechment, bid, bitch, blast, bluster, bobbery, brawl, brouhaha, bustle, call, call out, charivari, chirm, claim, clangor, clap, clash, clatter, commotion, complain, convulsion, crab, croak, cry, cry out, debate, demand, din, discord, dispute, donnybrook, drunken brawl, dustup, entreaty, ferment, flap, fracas, free-for-all, fret, fret and fume, fuss, gaff, gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grunt, harshness, hassle, hell broke loose, holler, holler out, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, imploration, imploring, imprecation, invocation, invocatory plea, jangle, jar, kick, lodge a complaint, loud noise, maffick, make a noise, make a racket, make an outcry, make an uproar, mere noise, murmur, mutter, noise, noise and shouting, obsecration, obtestation, outcry, pandemonium, pipe up, plea, prayer, racket, raise Cain, raise a clamor, raise a howl, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, rattle, register a complaint, rhubarb, roar, rogation, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, shivaree, shout out, sing out, squawk, suit, supplication, take on, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, upturn, vociferate, vociferation, whirl, whoop it up, yap, yell out, yelp

ROGET THESAURUS

clamor

Lamentation

VB lament, mourn, deplore, grieve, weep over, bewail, bemoan, condole with, fret, wear mourning, go into mourning, put on mourning, wear the willow, wear sackcloth and ashes, infandum renovare dolorem, give sorrow words, sigh, give a sigh, heave, fetch a sigh, waft a sigh from Indus to the pole, sigh 'like a furnace', wail, cry, weep, sob, greet, blubber, pipe, snivel, bibber, whimper, pule, pipe one's eye, drop tears, shed tears, drop a tear, shed a tear, melt into tears, burst into tears, fondre en larmes, cry oneself blind, cry one's eyes out, yammer, scream, mew, groan, moan, whine, roar, roar like a bull, bellow like a bull, cry out lustily, rend the air, frown, scowl, make a wry face, gnash one's teeth, wring one's hands, tear one's hair, beat one's breast, roll on the ground, burst with grief, complain, murmur, mutter, grumble, growl, clamor, make a fuss about, croak, grunt, maunder, deprecate, cry out before one is hurt, complain without cause.

Disapprobation

N disapprobation, disapproval, improbation, disesteem, disvaluation, displacency, odium, dislike, dispraise, discommendation, blame, censure, obloquy, detraction, disparagement, depreciation, denunciation, condemnation, ostracism, black list, animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism, sardonic grin, sardonic laugh, sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo, bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment, satire, sneer, taunt, cavil, carping, censoriousness, hypercriticism, reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach, rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming, correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff, slap, slap on the face, home thrust, hit, frown, scowl, black look, diatribe, jeremiad, jeremiade, tirade, philippic, clamor, outcry, hue and cry, hiss, hissing, sibilance, sibilation, catcall, execration, chiding, upbraiding, exprobation, abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely, hard words, cutting words, bitter words, evil-speaking, bad language, personality, disapproving, scandalized, disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory, clamorous, vituperative, defamatory, satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon, censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical, fastidious, sparing of praise, grudging praise, disapproved, chid, in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved, unblest, at a discount, exploded, weighed in the balance and found wanting, blameworthy, reprehensible, to blame, worthy of blame, answerable, uncommendable, exceptionable, not to be thought of, bad, vicious, unlamented, unbewailed, unpitied, with a wry face, reproachfully, Int, it is too bad!, it won't do, it will never do!, marry come up!, Oh!, come!, 'sdeath!, forbid it Heaven!, God forbid, Heaven forbid!, out upon, fie upon it!, away with!, tut!, O tempora!, O mores!, shame!, fie, fie for shame!, out on you!, tell it not in Gath!.

VB disapprove, dislike, lament, object to, take exception to, be scandalized at, think ill of, view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes, nil admirari, disvalue, improbate, frown upon, look grave, bend the brows, knit the brows, shake the head at, shrug the shoulders, turn up the nose, look askance, look black upon, look with an evil eye, make a wry face, make a wry mouth at, set one's face against, dispraise, discommend, disparage, deprecate, speak ill of, not speak well of, condemn, blame, lay blame upon, cast blame upon, censure, fronder, reproach, pass censure on, reprobate, impugn, remonstrate, expostulate, recriminate, reprehend, chide, admonish, berate, betongue, bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to order, take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book, read a lesson, read a lecture to, rebuke, correct, reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce, trim, laver la tete, overhaul, give it one, give it one finely, gibbet, accuse, impeach, denounce, hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration, expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize, show up, pull up, take up, cry 'shame' upon, be outspoken, raise a hue and cry against, execrate, exprobate, speak daggers, vituperate, abuse, abuse like a pickpocket, scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of, jaw, rail, rail at, rail in good set terms, bark at, anathematize, call names, call by hard names, call by ugly names, avile, revile, vilify, vilipend, bespatter, backbite, clapperclaw, rave against, thunder against, fulminate against, load with reproaches, exclaim against, protest against, inveigh against, declaim against, cry out against, raise one's voice against, decry, cry down, run down, frown down, clamor, hiss, hoot, mob, ostracize, blacklist, draw up a round robin, sign a round robin, animadvert upon, reflect upon, glance at, cast reflection, cast reproach, cast a slur upon, insinuate, damn with faint praise, hint a fault and hesitate dislike, not to be able to say much for, scoff at, point at, twit, taunt, sneer at, satirize, lampoon, defame, depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, take exception, cavil, peck at, nibble at, carp at, be censorious, pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat, make a fuss about, take down, take down a peg, set down, snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles, throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden, have a fling, have a snap at, have words with, pluck a crow with, give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue, incur blame, excite disapprobation, scandalize, shock, revolt, get a bad name, forfeit one's good opinion, be under a cloud, come under the ferule, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears, take blame, stand corrected, have to answer for.

Cry

N cry, voice, hubbub, bark, vociferation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry, plaint, lungs, stentor, crying, clamant, clamorous, vociferous, stentorian, open-mouthed.