roar
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,578 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,536 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles also: howl The wind was howling in the treesThe water roared down the chute
- utter words loudly and forcefully also: thunder `Get out of here,' he roared
- emit long loud cries also: howl, ululate, wail, yawl, yaup wail in self-pityhowl with sorrow
- act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town
- make a loud noise, as of animal also: bellow The bull bellowed
- laugh unrestrainedly and heartily also: howl
noun
- a deep prolonged loud noise also: boom, roaring, thunder
- a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) also: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo his bellow filled the hallway
roar in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The roar of the sea and wind was still like thunder in the air.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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For eloquence,'tis possible, does not consist in shrieking, And really where's the argument in all this thundering roar?
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Aye, you may roar!--but if I sit here till Aurora appears in the east, you won't catch me winking.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Then comes, with an awful roar, Gathering and sounding on, The storm-wind from Labrador, The wind Euroclydon, The storm-wind!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1