clamoured
Raised urgent voices
Clamoured is the British spelling of clamored, the past tense of clamour/clamor.
To clamour is to make loud, persistent demands or protests: The crowd clamoured for justice.
It can also describe loud, confused noise: Voices clamoured in the hallway.
The word suggests urgency and insistence rather than quiet appeal.
Asked with desperate urgency
- imploredBegged earnestly
- entreatedPleaded with someone
- beggedAsked with great urgency
- appealedChallenged a ruling
supplicated · pleaded · cried out · called out · importuned · invoked
Sustained unpleasant noise
- clangorLoud metallic resonance
- outcryLoud public protest
- uproarNoisy public disturbance
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
commotion · racket · hubbub · babel · chorus · shouting · roar · hue and cry
Firmly declared or demanded
- urgedStrongly encouraged action
- called forRequested someone's arrival
- demandedRequired with force
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
advocated · lobbied · petitioned · campaigned · sought · requested · cried out for · pressured
beseeched
Asked with desperate urgency
appealed · supplicated · pleaded · cried out · called out · importuned · invoked
din
Sustained unpleasant noise
tumult · commotion · racket · hubbub · babel · chorus · shouting · roar · hue and cry · vociferation
insisted
Firmly declared or demanded
- urgedStrongly encouraged action
- called forRequested someone's arrival
- demandedRequired with force
pressed · advocated · lobbied · petitioned · campaigned · sought · requested · cried out for · pressured