blare

1 of 2

verb

ˈbler 

blared; blaring

intransitive verb

: to sound loud and strident

radios blaring

transitive verb

1

: to sound or utter raucously

sat blaring the car horn

2

: to proclaim flamboyantly

headlines blared his defeat

blare

2 of 2

noun

1

: a loud strident noise

2

: dazzling often garish brilliance

3

: flamboyance

Synonyms

Verb

• advertise
• announce
• annunciate
• blaze
• blazon
• broadcast
• declare
• enunciate
• flash
• give out
• herald
• placard
• post
• proclaim
• promulgate
• publicize
• publish
• release
• sound
• trumpet

Noun

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

Examples of blare in a Sentence

Verb

Rock music blared through the store from the loudspeakers.

Loudspeakers blared rock music through the store.

Noun

the blare of electric guitars

the blare of horns arising from the long line of cars behind him did nothing to help the motorist get his car started again

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Facebook commenters on the post said that the sirens had begun blaring again despite the attempts to shut them off. —Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024

During breakfast at her hotel in The Hague, the air-raid-warning app on her phone started blaring loudly. —Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024

Noun

There are the atmospheric noises, like the blare of a taxi horn on New York City’s streets or the gentle crash of the Pacific on Tahiti’s shores, that first flood our senses. —Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024

There is a blare of trumpets, and the murmur of more than five thousand people hushes sharply. —Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blēren to shout

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun

1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

blare

1 of 2 verb

ˈbla(ə)r 

ˈble(ə)r

blared; blaring

1

: to sound loud and harsh

2

: to sound or say in a harsh noisy manner

loudspeakers blaring advertisements

blare

2 of 2 noun

: a loud disagreeable noise

the blare of trumpets