roaring
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adjective \ˈrȯr-iŋ\Definition of ROARING
1
: making or characterized by a sound resembling a roar : loud <roaring applause>
2
: marked by prosperity especially of a temporary nature : booming
3
: great in intensity or degree <in the roaring heat> <a roaring success>
— roar·ing·ly adverb
See Examples of ROARING
- <a roaring party that annoyed the neighbors mightily>
- <the roaring mining town attracted job seekers eager to share in the boom>
First Known Use of ROARING
14th century
Related to ROARING
- Synonyms
- blaring, blasting, booming, clamorous, clangorous, deafening, earsplitting, piercing, plangent, resounding, ringing, loud, slam-bang, sonorous, stentorian, thundering, thunderous
2roaring
adverbDefinition of ROARING
: extremely <was roaring hungry — Herman Wouk>
Examples of ROARING
- We had a roaring good time.
- <we had a roaring good time at the party>
First Known Use of ROARING
1697
Related to ROARING
- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, very, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
3roaring
nounDefinition of ROARING
: noisy inhalation in a horse especially upon exercising that is caused by paralysis and muscular atrophy of part of the larynx
First Known Use of ROARING
circa 1823
roar·ing
noun \-iŋ\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of ROARING
: noisy inhalation in a horse especially upon exercising that is caused by paralysis and muscular atrophy of part of the larynx—compare grunting, thick wind
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