Antonyms for fanfare

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fan-fair

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæn fɛər

Definition of fanfare

Origin : c.1600, from French fanfare, from fanfarer "blow a fanfare," perhaps echoic, or perhaps borrowed (with Spanish fanfarron "braggart," and Italian fanfano "babbler") from Arabic farfar "chatterer," of imitative origin.

noun cheering

Example sentences :

He was a seven-months child, and there was no fanfare of welcome at his coming.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

Now, near sunset, there was the fanfare for officers' orders for the next day.
Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson

It was the air which had saluted their betrothal like a fanfare.
Extract from : « Prince Zilah, Complete » by Jules Claretie

The fanfare is with reference to the French pot-au-feu (see p. 649).
Extract from : « The Gastronomic Regenerator: » by Alexis Soyer

A fanfare of cornets; and from the wings a supple, dark girl bounded.
Extract from : « Superwomen » by Albert Payson Terhune

Strange, he thought; Holloway had left in a fanfare of publicity.
Extract from : « The Beasts in the Void » by Paul W. Fairman

Suddenly the early morning quiet was broken by a fanfare in front of the inn.
Extract from : « Told by the Death's Head » by Mr Jkai

Suddenly a fanfare of trumpets announced the approach of the King.
Extract from : « The Winning of the Golden Spurs » by Percy F. Westerman

I have finished a comedy there within that den, ridiculing the fanfare of the warriors.
Extract from : « Snnica » by Vicente Blasco Ibez

It was as if he were sounding a fanfare for the entrance of his hero.
Extract from : « The Azure Rose » by Reginald Wright Kauffman

Synonyms for fanfare

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