Antonyms for roaring


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rawr-ing, rohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɔr ɪŋ, ˈroʊr-


Definition of roaring

Origin :
  • late 14c., present participle adjective from roar (v.). Used of periods of years characterized by noisy revelry, especially roaring twenties (1930); but also, in Britain, roaring fifties (1892). Roaring forties in reference to exceptional rough seas between latitudes 40 and 50 south, is attested from 1841.
  • adj loud
  • adj flourishing
Example sentences :
  • On a rock, amid the roaring water, Lies Cassiopea's gentle daughter.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Their walk was a delight to him, their roaring gallop a frenzy of eager sensation.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The roaring winds of the Pacific make you drunk to begin with.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • It was all he could do to restrain himself from roaring aloud in his rage.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • Before long it was roaring, and diffusing a genial warmth on all sides.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • I resisted, and, clinging to the rails, began kicking and roaring.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • There was a roaring in Madden's ears that was not from the fighting men.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Suddenly he heard the roaring of a thunder-storm rising above him.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Knowing far more about the roaring than he did, I yet spoke like an innocent!
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • His ear drank in the voice of the tempest; he was rapt in attention to the roaring thunder.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Synonyms for roaring

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