clamorous

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My clients were clamorous, and were hinting at all sorts of dire doings if they were not treated better.

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  1. adjective Making or marked by loud outcry or sustained din.
  2. adjective Insistently demanding attention; importunate. See Synonyms at vociferous.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese Italian clamoroso, from Middle Latin clamorosus, for L. clamosus (later F. clameux), from clamor, clamor: see clamor, n.
 

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/ˈklæmərəs/
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