Definition of Roar

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Definition of Roar

Roar

To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.

To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast.

To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.

To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.

To be boisterous; to be disorderly.

To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.

To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2.

To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

The sound of roaring.

The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion.

The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.

A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.

A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.

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Roar Quotations

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
Winston Churchill

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
Douglas MacArthur

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.
John Steinbeck

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.
George Eliot

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
Ludwig van Beethoven

The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing of a mighty giant below.
Ernest Shackleton

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.
Thomas Fuller

For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.
Emmitt Smith

The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.
Karl A. Menninger

The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off.
Erich Maria Remarque

Roar Translations

roar in Dutch is bulderen, brullen, loeien, daveren
roar in Italian is ruggito, ruggire
roar in Latin is mugio, rudo, latro
roar in Portuguese is rugido
roar in Spanish is rugido, bramar

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