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
Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Léon Marchand won the 400-meter individual medley before a roaring French crowd at Paris La Defense Arena.
—NBC News, 29 July 2024
Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2024
Set in Britain and various locations around the world during the roaring '20s and glamorous '30s, this series features enough art deco interiors, flapper dresses, and cigarette smoke to satisfy any period drama lover.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
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
Léon Marchand won the 400-meter individual medley before a roaring French crowd at Paris La Defense Arena.
—NBC News, 29 July 2024
Noun
To a constant backdrop of fans cheering, engines roaring and tires squealing, hundreds poured into the M1 concourse Saturday to watch the annual drag racing event hosted by Dodge and MotorTrend.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2024
Set in Britain and various locations around the world during the roaring '20s and glamorous '30s, this series features enough art deco interiors, flapper dresses, and cigarette smoke to satisfy any period drama lover.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Roaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roaring. Accessed 5 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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