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
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Most remarks were inaudible over the roaring buzz of the crowd.
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Adjective
Tinnitus is when someone hears ringing in the ears—or a buzzing or roaring sound.
—Noun
Despite the audience's roaring cheers, the judges pointed out a few missteps Stephen took during the performance.
—Dictionary Entries Near roaring
Cite this Entry
“Roaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roaring. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
Medical Definition
roaring
noun
roar·ing
-iŋ 
: 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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