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
- 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
- bark
- barrage
- bawl
- bay
- bellow
- belly laugh
- blast
- bluster
- boom
- brawl
- bray
- clamor
- clash
- crash
- cry
- detonate
- detonation
- din
- drum
- explode
- explosion
- guffaw
- holler
- hoot
- howl
- outcry
- rebound
- reecho
- repercuss
- resound
- reverberate
- reverberation
- roll
- rout
- rumble
- scream
- shout
- sound
- thunder
- trumpet
- uproar
- vociferate
- yell
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