Roar
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English
Verb
Roar (third-person singular simple present Roars, present participle Roaring, simple past and past participle Roared)
- To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
- To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
- Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
- Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
Noun
Roar (plural Roars)- A long, loud, deep shout made with the mouth wide open.
- The cry of the lion.
- The deep cry of the bull.
- A loud sound as of a motorbike or a similar engine.
- A show of strength or character.
Adjectives for Roar
deep; incessant; snarling; perpetual; majestic; indistinguishable; ebbing; shutter-like; swelling; quavering; continuous; dreadful; cannon-like; living; sullen; endless; incredible; hoarse; subdued; solemn; baffled; hideous; unremitting; drumming; deepening; heavy; monotonous; gusty; painful; distressed; awful; massive; enormous; universal; stifled; muffled; deafening; dull; suppressed; confused; moaning; intermittent; tremendous; gesturing; wildest; mingled; simultaneous; prolonged; suggestive; vague; wavering; unceasing; dry; wild; triumphant; angry; steady; tumultuous; high-keyed; crackling; appalling.
Verbs for Roar
deafen by—; imitate—; muffle—; restrain—; suppress—; swell into—; utter—; — blasts; —deafens; —disembowels; —drowns out; —echoes; —enrages; —excites; — frightens; —horrifies; —interrupts; —pains; —rends; —splits the air.
Adverbs for Roar
thunderously; awesomely; terrifically; brutally; imperiously; vigorously; unremittingly; incessantly; incredibly; hoarsely; hideously; deafeningly; triumphantly; tumultuously; appallingly;
Thesaurus
assault, attack, barbarize, bark, batter, battle cry, bawl, bay, be in stitches, be noisy, bedlam, bell, bellow, blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, blubber, bluster, bobbery, boom, booming, brawl, bray, break up, breathe, brouhaha, brutalize, burn, burst into laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, butcher, buzz, cachinnate, cackle, call, cannonade, carry on, caterwaul, chant, charivari, cheer, chirm, chirp, chortle, chuckle, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, coo, crow, cry, declaim, destroy, din, discord, donnybrook, drawl, drunken brawl, dustup, exclaim, flap, flute, fracas, free-for-all, gasp, giggle, give tongue, give voice, go into convulsions, go on, grimace, groan, growl, growling, grumble, grunt, guffaw, ha-ha, hail, halloo, ham, ham it up, hammer, hiss, ho-ho, holler, hollo, hoot, horselaugh, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurrah, jangle, keen, laugh, laugh it up, laugh outright, lay waste, lilt, loot, loud noise, low, maffick, make a noise, make a racket, make an uproar, maul, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, moo, mug, mumble, murmur, mutter, nearly die laughing, neigh, nicker, noise, noise and shouting, out, out-herod Herod, outburst, outcry, overact, overdramatize, pandemonium, pant, peal, pillage, pipe, pule, racket, rage, raise Cain, raise a clamor, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, rallying cry, ramp, rampage, rant, rape, rattle, rave, rebound, repercuss, reverberate, rhubarb, riot, roar with laughter, roaring, roll, row, ruckus, ruction, ruin, rumble, rumpus, sack, savage, screak, scream, screech, shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shindy, shivaree, shout, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, slaughter, snap, snarl, snarling, snicker, snigger, snort, sob, sough, sow chaos, split, split with laughter, spout, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, storm, tear, tear around, tee-hee, terrorize, throw away, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, titter, troat, trumpet, tumult, twang, ululate, underact, uproar, vandalize, violate, vociferate, wail, war cry, war whoop, warble, whicker, whine, whinny, whisper, whistle, whoop, whoop it up, wreck, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yo-ho, yowl, yuk-yuk
