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Roar   /rɔr/   Listen
Roar

noun
1.
A deep prolonged loud noise.  Synonyms: boom, roaring, thunder.
2.
A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).  Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roaring, yowl.
3.
The sound made by a lion.
verb
(past & past part. roared; pres. part. roaring)
1.
Make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles.  Synonym: howl.  "The water roared down the chute"
2.
Utter words loudly and forcefully.  Synonym: thunder.
3.
Emit long loud cries.  Synonyms: howl, ululate, wail, yaup, yawl.  "Howl with sorrow"
4.
Act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way.
5.
Make a loud noise, as of animal.  Synonym: bellow.
6.
Laugh unrestrainedly and heartily.  Synonym: howl.



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"Roar" Quotes from Famous Books



... had to ascend a ladder, which I pulled up after me. When I had shut the door I looked out of window. Before me lay London and the dull glare of its lights. There was no distinct noise perceptible; but a deadened roar came up to me. Over in the south-west was the house of the friend I had left, always a warm home for me when I was in town. Then there fell upon me what was the beginning of a trouble which has lasted all my life. The next afternoon I went to the proprietor and ...
— The Early Life of Mark Rutherford • Mark Rutherford
... beat his ox-hide shield with the handle of his spear. They beat very softly at first, producing a sound like the distant murmur of the sea, then harder and harder till its volume grew to a mighty roar, impossible to describe, a sound like the sound of thunder that echoed along the water and from hill to hill. The mighty noise sank and died away as it had begun, and for a moment there was silence. Then at some signal every spear flashed ...
— The Ghost Kings • H. Rider Haggard
... took the ring and ran off at the top of her speed. The roar of the distant crowd could now be distinctly heard. Guy put up the strong bars of the door and then rushed upstairs. First he knocked at the door ...
— At Agincourt • G. A. Henty
... village, they pushed the German footmen back, but never quite drove them out. These, when reinforced, renewed the fight with equal obstinacy; the inhabitants themselves joined in with whatever weapons fury suggested to them and as that merciless strife swayed to and fro amidst the roar of artillery, the crash of walls, and the hiss of flame, war was seen in all ...
— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose
... A roar of protest, a shout of joy went up from the crowd according to their belief and unbelief. After his first plea Dylks had remained silent in becoming meekness and self-respect; now he looked wildly round in fear and hope; but ...
— The Leatherwood God • William Dean Howells


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