clamant
/'kleimənt/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Demanding immediate attention; urgent; pressing: Describes something that requires prompt action or consideration due to its critical nature.
- Conspicuously and offensively loud; clamorous: Describes something or someone that is unpleasantly loud and vehement in outcry.
Usage and Examples
- Adjective (Urgent):
- The charity highlighted the clamant need for clean water in the disaster zone.
- There is a clamant demand for reforms in the education system.
- Adjective (Loud):
- The clamant protests could be heard from several blocks away.
- He was silenced by the clamant voices of the opposition.
Advanced Usage and Notes
- Literary and Formal Tone: The word "clamant" is primarily used in formal or literary contexts. In everyday speech, synonyms like "urgent" or "clamorous" are more common.
- Often Describes Abstract Needs: It frequently modifies abstract nouns like , , , or (e.g., a clamant case for justice).
Variants and Related Words
- Clamorous (adj): Making a loud and confused noise; vociferous.
- The clamorous crowd gathered outside the gates.
- Clamor (n/v): A loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting vehemently; to make such a noise.
- The clamor of the city streets. / Protesters clamored for change.
Synonyms
- Urgent: Requiring immediate action or attention.
- Pressing: Requiring quick action; urgent.
- Exigent: Pressing; demanding.
- Strident: Loud and harsh; grating.
- Vociferous: Characterized by or uttered with noisy or vehement outcry.
Antonyms
- Unimportant: Lacking in importance or urgency.
- Tranquil: Free from disturbance; calm.
- Quiet: Making little or no noise.
Idioms and Phrases
- A clamant need/case for: A strongly pressing and urgent need or argument for something.
- The report made a clamant case for increased funding.
Adjective
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demanding attention
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clamant needs
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a crying need
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regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken
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insistent hunger
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an instant need
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conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
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blatant radios
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a clamorous uproar
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strident demands
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a vociferous mob
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