clamouring
Noisily pressing for
Clamouring is the British spelling of clamoring—making loud, insistent demands or protests.
A crowd clamours for change; critics clamour for someone's resignation.
The word suggests urgent, noisy appeal: Fans were clamouring for tickets.
It can also describe any loud, confused noise: the clamouring of bells.
Sustained unpleasant noise
- racketUproar, scam, or paddle
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
- uproarNoisy public disturbance
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
tumult · cacophony · hullabaloo · bedlam · babel · roar · outcry · hubbub
Public display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
- outcryLoud public protest
- dissentDisagreement with authority
activism · resistance · petition · grievance · boycott · picket · sit-in · placards
Vocally projecting loudly
- yellingVocalization at maximum volume
- crying outVocalizing loudly, urgently
- callingStrongly felt purpose
- exclaimingVocalizing abruptly, emphatically
bellowing · roaring · howling · shrieking · vociferating · chanting · chorus · multitude
Firmly demanding attention
- importunatePersistently demanding
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
beseeching · entreating · imploring · petitioning · supplicating · exigent · imperative · vociferous
din
Sustained unpleasant noise
pandemonium · tumult · cacophony · hullabaloo · bedlam · babel · roar · outcry · hubbub · ruckus
demonstration
Public display of opinion
dissent · activism · resistance · petition · grievance · boycott · picket · sit-in · placards · chanting
shouting
Vocally projecting loudly
- yellingVocalization at maximum volume
- crying outVocalizing loudly, urgently
- callingStrongly felt purpose
exclaiming · bellowing · roaring · howling · shrieking · vociferating · chanting · chorus · multitude · crowd
insistent
Firmly demanding attention
- importunatePersistently demanding
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
pleading · beseeching · entreating · imploring · petitioning · supplicating · exigent · imperative · vociferous · strident
clamouringsilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · hush · stillness · soundlessness · muteness
clamouringacquiescence
Unresisting acceptance
resignation · submission · compliance · yielding · accepting
clamouringpassivity
State of non-resistance
quiescence · acquiescence · inaction · apathy · indifference
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