cla·mant

(klā′mənt, klăm′ənt)

adj.

1. Clamorous; loud.

2. Demanding attention; pressing.

[Latin clāmāns, clāmant-, present participle of clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə- in Indo-European roots.]

cla′mant·ly adv.

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clamant

(ˈkleɪmənt)

adj

1. noisy

2. calling urgently

[C17: from Latin clāmāns, from clāmāre to shout]

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cla•mant

(ˈkleɪ mənt, ˈklæm ənt)

adj.

1. clamorous; noisy.

2. compelling or pressing; urgent.

[1630–40; < Latin clāmant-, s. of clāmāns, present participle of clāmāre to shout]

cla′mant•ly, adv.

thersitical, clamant - To be thersitical is to be loudmouthed or foulmouthed; clamant is loud and insistent.

See also related terms for loud.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	clamant - conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" clamorous, strident, vociferous, blatant noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"
	2.	clamant - demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" crying, exigent, insistent, instant imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"

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