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
roaringly
adverb
: noisy inhalation in a horse especially upon exercising that is caused by paralysis and muscular atrophy of part of the larynx
Synonyms
Adjective
- blaring
- blasting
- booming
- clamorous
- clangorous
- deafening
- earsplitting
- loud
- piercing
- plangent
- resounding
- ringing
- slam-bang
- sonorous
- stentorian
- thundering
- thunderous
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- 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
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of roaring in a Sentence
Adjective
a roaring party that annoyed the neighbors mightily
the roaring mining town attracted job seekers eager to share in the boom
Adverb
We had a roaring good time.
we had a roaring good time at the party
Recent Examples on the Web
Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 1 June 2023
Those songs emphasize Rodrigo’s yen to rock, which is earnest and studied and bolstered by an impressively roaring band that lent her a soupçon of grit.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
By the 1940s, the cowboy myth was in full and roaring form throughout America.
—Wil Haygood, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
The ceremonies included the roaring flyover of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the Wisconsin Air National Guard 128th Air Refueling Wing, that shook the stadium following the national anthem.
—Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
In that case, our oceans could be glutted with rip-roaring cybernetic frogs, Jurassic-Park style.
—Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
Somehow, Sofi Tukker member Sophie Hawley-Weld’s soft vocals come off as vulnerable and uneasy against the brooding production, whose atmospheric melodies erupt into rip-roaring techno.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2023
Led by a stellar cast — Viola Davis is consistently incredible, while Lashana Lynch and Thuso Mbedu prove themselves to be absolute stars in the making — it’s a rip-roaring time.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2022
Riley would be off to a rip-roaring start in the Pac-12.
—Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2022
Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2024
It was met with roaring applause from the crowd, but patriots back home were not happy.
—Riann Phillip, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
Magnolia has recently aired seasons of Fixer Upper that feature a century-old castle and a roaring '20s hotel.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2024
With the job market roaring, the company, based in Englewood, Colorado, couldn’t hire fast enough.
—Paul Wiseman, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
Host Bishop O’Dowd had just tied the score up and the home fans stomping and clapping to accentuate their roaring cheers.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Heavy snow and roaring winds are expected to combine to produce rare and long-lasting blizzard conditions for much of the Sierra and parts of the northern ranges.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
Ringing in the ear: A buzzing, roaring, whistling or hissing sound in your ear.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
The show will arrive on Broadway the same year another musical — based on Fitzgerald’s book about the roaring ’20s and featuring music by Florence Welch — will premiere.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
Adjective
But then restrictions eased, life inched back to a new normal, masks came off, and familiar germs made roaring comebacks, causing unusually high waves of infection, some at unusual times in the year.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 1 June 2023
Those songs emphasize Rodrigo’s yen to rock, which is earnest and studied and bolstered by an impressively roaring band that lent her a soupçon of grit.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
By the 1940s, the cowboy myth was in full and roaring form throughout America.
—Wil Haygood, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
The ceremonies included the roaring flyover of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the Wisconsin Air National Guard 128th Air Refueling Wing, that shook the stadium following the national anthem.
—Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
In that case, our oceans could be glutted with rip-roaring cybernetic frogs, Jurassic-Park style.
—Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
Somehow, Sofi Tukker member Sophie Hawley-Weld’s soft vocals come off as vulnerable and uneasy against the brooding production, whose atmospheric melodies erupt into rip-roaring techno.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2023
Led by a stellar cast — Viola Davis is consistently incredible, while Lashana Lynch and Thuso Mbedu prove themselves to be absolute stars in the making — it’s a rip-roaring time.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2022
Riley would be off to a rip-roaring start in the Pac-12.
—Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2022
Noun
Heavy rain and roaring gusts delayed play on Friday and Saturday in 2023 and managed to upend a couple of pine trees.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2024
It was met with roaring applause from the crowd, but patriots back home were not happy.
—Riann Phillip, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
Magnolia has recently aired seasons of Fixer Upper that feature a century-old castle and a roaring '20s hotel.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2024
With the job market roaring, the company, based in Englewood, Colorado, couldn’t hire fast enough.
—Paul Wiseman, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
Host Bishop O’Dowd had just tied the score up and the home fans stomping and clapping to accentuate their roaring cheers.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Heavy snow and roaring winds are expected to combine to produce rare and long-lasting blizzard conditions for much of the Sierra and parts of the northern ranges.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
Ringing in the ear: A buzzing, roaring, whistling or hissing sound in your ear.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
The show will arrive on Broadway the same year another musical — based on Fitzgerald’s book about the roaring ’20s and featuring music by Florence Welch — will premiere.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
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roaring
noun
roar·ing
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: 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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