EARFUL Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

earful

noun

Definition of earful

as in broadside

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Recent Examples of earful Right now, any newspaper with an interest in staying urgent and relevant and alert is getting an earful of a fractious nation. — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 Upon hearing the truth, Kevin drags his son out of the container, gives him an earful of expletives, and zaps him with a taser baton. — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Once a digitally daft chamber, today—after a summer of studying AI—most senators feel savvy enough on the topic to have a few earfuls of complaints for the giants of Silicon Valley. — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023 In New York City, where more than seventy thousand people are unhoused, locals know that the place to get an earful of very loud opera along with your Big Gulp is a 7-Eleven near the Port Authority Bus Terminal. — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for earful

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Noun

Raman is now easily scoring off of Bass mishaps, like the mayor’s response to the Lineage warehouse fire and her random broadside against street vendors during a debate in Sherman Oaks last month.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
His buck was now standing broadside, 30 yards away, Van Lith held off.

— Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of broadside

Noun

The circumstances are objectively potent — but Udofia smothers them in such a barrage of cutesiness and self-conscious signalling that a wall rises between us and the play.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
That, on top of a barrage of press from its cast (including, perhaps most notably, bonafide internet boyfriend Jack Innanen) seems to have worked.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of barrage

Noun

Its massive elevator bank also ate up too much of the interior, leaving the opening salvo of each show to fend with a shallow exhibition space.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026
The latest salvo will add to fears in the Gulf that the conflict, which started in February, is far from over.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of salvo

Noun

East and West are once again locked in a life-and-death confrontation, even as Putin fires off a fusillade of threats to launch nuclear missiles against any Western power that comes to Ukraine’s aid.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Iran’s military said the fusillade was a warning.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

Definition of fusillade

Noun

If access to divorce has removed the net from our tennis game, for the one percent, the proceedings have turned into Sincaraz-level volleys.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Paul Marie flicked a ball off the outside of his foot to Judd, who scored on a volley from the edge of the 6-yard box to give the Earthquakes a 3-0 lead in the 29th.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of volley

Noun

OpenAI is holding its annual DevDay developer conference on Tuesday, where the artificial intelligence company is expected to showcase a flurry of new products and features.

— Ashley Capoot,Kate Rooney,Chris Eudaily, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Cliffs teeter at 1,640 feet, before tumbling down in a flurry of vineyards and walking trails to the rushing rivers and gorges of Sil and Miño.

— Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of flurry

Noun

Two people were shot to death in a hail of gunfire and nearly three dozen others were injured at a homecoming weekend block party early Sunday morning in southern Georgia, according to state law enforcement officials.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
The storms Thursday morning may also bring a risk of damaging wind gusts of up to 60 mph, as well as small hail and frequent lightning.

— Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026

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