Antonyms for roar

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : rawr, rohr

Phonetic Transcription : rɔr, roʊr

Definition of roar

Origin : Old English rarian "roar, wail, lament, bellow, cry," probably of imitative origin (cf. Middle Dutch reeren, German röhren "to roar;" Sanskrit ragati "barks;" Lithuanian reju "to scold;" Old Church Slavonic revo "I roar;" Latin raucus "hoarse"). Related: Roared; roaring.

noun growl, howl
noun laugh loudly
verb growl, howl

Example sentences :

This was responded to by a roar of satisfaction from the crowd below.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

The sound in her ear had grown to a roar, as of many mill-wheels.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Not from the street, for all beside was still; even the roar of London was hushed!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Rain fell in torrents; the crashing thunder was like the roar of artillery.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

I am sick in my soul of narrow apartments and wheels and the rush and roar of the city.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

The Book is full of the tingle and even the roar of the life out of which it was born.
Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

At this moment a roar of astonishment came up to them from down the slope.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

The sound grew louder, and became like the roar of a high wind.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

He slept well, excepting when he was awakened by the roar of a bear or some other wild animal.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

The pier is all but on the bowsprit, and you think you are there—roll, roar, wash!
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for roar

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