clamant

/'kleimənt/
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clamant

The clamant child cried for his mother's attention.

Definition
  1. 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.
clamant

The clamant child cried for his mother's attention.

Adjective
  1. demanding attention
    • clamant needs
    • a crying need
    • regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken
    • insistent hunger
    • an instant need
  2. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
    • blatant radios
    • a clamorous uproar
    • strident demands
    • a vociferous mob

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