different between outcry vs clamour
outcry
English
Etymology
From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- +? cry.The verb is from Middle English outcrien.
Pronunciation
Noun
- (UK, US) enPR: out?kr?, IPA(key): /?a?tk?a?/
Verb
- (UK, US) enPR: out-kr??, IPA(key): /a?t?k?a?/
Noun
outcry (plural outcries)
- A loud cry or uproar.
- (figuratively) A strong protest.
- (India, archaic) An auction.
- to send goods to an outcry
Translations
Verb
outcry (third-person singular simple present outcries, present participle outcrying, simple past and past participle outcried)
- (intransitive) To cry out.
- 1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1
- I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.
- 1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1
- (transitive) To cry louder than.
- 2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)
- ...outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle...
- 2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic (page 104)
- The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.
- 2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)
Anagrams
- cry out
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clamour
English
Alternative forms
- clamor (US spelling)
Etymology
From Latin cl?mor (“a shout, cry”), from cl?m? (“cry out, complain”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?klæm.?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?klæm.?/
- Rhymes: -æm?(r)
Noun
clamour (countable and uncountable, plural clamours)
- British spelling and Canadian spelling spelling of clamor
- c. 1595-1596 William Shakespeare, Love's Labours Lost
- Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones.
- c. 1595-1596 William Shakespeare, Love's Labours Lost
Verb
clamour (third-person singular simple present clamours, present participle clamouring, simple past and past participle clamoured)
- Britain and Canada spelling of clamor
- (transitive, obsolete) To salute loudly.
- (transitive, obsolete) To stun with noise.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Counsel
- Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Counsel
- (transitive, obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Warburton to this entry?)
Middle English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman clamour, from an earlier clamur, from Latin clamor
Noun
clamour (plural clamours)
- shout; cry; clamor
Synonyms
- crie, crye
Old French
Noun
clamour f (oblique plural clamours, nominative singular clamour, nominative plural clamours)
- Late Anglo-Norman spelling of clamur
- querele oie ne pleinte ne clamour
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