Antonyms for roaring
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rawr-ing, rohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɔr ɪŋ, ˈroʊr- |
Definition of roaring
Origin :- late 14c., present participle adjective from roar (v.). Used of periods of years characterized by noisy revelry, especially roaring twenties (1930); but also, in Britain, roaring fifties (1892). Roaring forties in reference to exceptional rough seas between latitudes 40 and 50 south, is attested from 1841.
- adj loud
- adj flourishing
- On a rock, amid the roaring water, Lies Cassiopea's gentle daughter.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Their walk was a delight to him, their roaring gallop a frenzy of eager sensation.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- The roaring winds of the Pacific make you drunk to begin with.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- It was all he could do to restrain himself from roaring aloud in his rage.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- Before long it was roaring, and diffusing a genial warmth on all sides.
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
- I resisted, and, clinging to the rails, began kicking and roaring.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- There was a roaring in Madden's ears that was not from the fighting men.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- Suddenly he heard the roaring of a thunder-storm rising above him.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Knowing far more about the roaring than he did, I yet spoke like an innocent!
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- His ear drank in the voice of the tempest; he was rapt in attention to the roaring thunder.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
Synonyms for roaring
- big
- blaring
- blatant
- blooming
- blustering
- boisterous
- booming
- boomy
- burgeoning
- cacophonous
- clamorous
- crashing
- deafening
- deep
- doing well
- ear-piercing
- ear-splitting
- earsplitting
- emphatic
- expanding
- exuberant
- forte
- full
- full-mouthed
- fulminating
- going strong
- growing
- heavy
- high-sounding
- in full swing
- in the pink
- in top form
- intense
- loud-voiced
- lush
- lusty
- luxuriant
- mushrooming
- obstreperous
- pealing
- piercing
- powerful
- profuse
- prospering
- prosperous
- rambunctious
- rampant
- rank
- raucous
- resonant
- resounding
- rich
- ringing
- robust
- rowdy
- sonorous
- stentorian
- strident
- strong
- successful
- thrifty
- thriving
- thundering
- tumultuous
- turbulent
- turned up
- uproarious
- vehement
- vigorous
- vociferous
- wakes the dead
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