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
Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
On her first day of filming, Ronan was thrown into a lively quickstep number in a roaring dance hall.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
For the former, challenging jungle hikes through lush terrain and roaring rivers are rewarded by scenic waterfall views, such as those of Tinago and San Carlos Falls.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Tinnitus is when someone hears ringing in the ears—or a buzzing or roaring sound.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
On her first day of filming, Ronan was thrown into a lively quickstep number in a roaring dance hall.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
Most remarks were inaudible over the roaring buzz of the crowd.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
For the former, challenging jungle hikes through lush terrain and roaring rivers are rewarded by scenic waterfall views, such as those of Tinago and San Carlos Falls.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Roaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roaring. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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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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