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roaring

/ˈɹɔːɹɪŋ/noun, adjective, adverb2 syllables

Roaring means: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).

Synonyms for roaring23

noun, as in a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, yowl

noun, as in a deep prolonged loud noise

boom, roar, thunder

adjective, as in very lively and profitable

booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, thriving, burgeoning, successful

also used for roaring

bustling, fortunate, lucky, privileged

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What does roaring mean?4

noun

1

a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)“his bellow filled the hallway”

2

a deep prolonged loud noise

adjective

1

very lively and profitable“flourishing businesses”

adverb

1

extremely“roaring drunk”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with roaring?11

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Roaring in a sentence

  • If the thunder isn't roaring, the peasant won't cross himself.unknown
  • It's fall, and leaf blowers are roaring far and wide.carlosalberto
  • Birds are flying in the sky, the lion is roaring in the forest.Amntag
  • Several heavy stones were hurled from the mouldering battlements into the roaring sea beneath.Hybrid
  • We heard a tiger roaring in the distance.deniko
  • The hunters were still arguing and roaring like some semi-human amphibious breed.CM
  • Ziri began to hear what he could only describe as roaring.Amastan
  • He came roaring round the corner at eighty kilometres an hour.sundown

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Forms of roaring

as a noun

plural
roarings