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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clamorous \Clam"or*ous\, adjective [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus: cf. OF. clamoreux.] 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}, adverb -- {Clam"or*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
clamorous
adjective: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: {blatant}, {clamant}, {strident}, {vociferous}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "clamorous": acute, articulate, bawling, begging, blaring, blatant, blatting, blustering, boanergean, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, burning, clamant, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, compelling, critical, crucial, crying, demanding, dire, draining, eloquent, exacting, exigent, exorbitant, extortionate, grasping, high-pressure, high-priority, imperative, imperious, imploring, importunate, insistent, instant, loud, loudmouthed, mafficking, multivocal, noiseful, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, persistent, pertinacious, pivotal, pressing, rackety, rip-roaring, rowdy, screaming, shouting, strepitant, strepitous, strident, taxing, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious, urgent, vocal, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, voluble, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping
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