bruit

bruit

noun

Definition of BRUIT

loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound <a film that captures the thunderous fury of medieval warfare and the bruit of a thousand clashing swords>

Synonyms babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit [archaic], cacophony, chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer, racket, rattle, roar

Related Words discord, dissonance; commotion, furor, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, rumpus, tumult, uproar; clatter, jangle; bang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crash

Near Antonyms calm, hush, lull; quietude, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility)

Antonyms quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness