Dictionary Definition
Verb
1 make a strident sound; "She tended to blast
when speaking into a microphone" [syn: blast]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
Verb
- To make a loud sound.
- The trumpet's loud blare woke me up immediately.
Noun
- In the context of "usually singular": A loud sound.
- I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bark,
bawl, bay, beep, belch, bell, bellow, blare forth, blast, blat, blate, blaze, blaze abroad, blazing
light, blazon, blazon
about, bleat, blinding
light, blow, blow the horn,
blubber, boom, bray, breathe, bright light, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, brilliant light,
bugle, burr, burst of light, buzz, cackle, call, caterwaul, caw, celebrate, chant, chirp, chirr, clamor, clang, clangor, clank, clarion, clash, coo, craunch, croak, crow, crump, crunch, cry, cry out, dazzling light,
declaim, drawl, echo, effulgence, exclaim, fanfare, flamboyance, flame, flare, flood of light, flourish of
trumpets, flute, fulgor, gasp, give tongue, give voice,
glare, glaring light,
glory, glow, grind, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, herald, herald abroad, hiss, honk, howl, jangle, jar, keen, lilt, low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker, noise, pant, peal, pipe, proclaim, promulgate, pule, radiance, radiancy, radiant splendor,
rasp, refulgence, refulgency, resonate, resound, resplendence, resplendency, reverberate, ring, roar, rumble, scranch, scrape, scratch, screak, scream, screech, scrunch, shout, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snore, snort, sob, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps,
splendor, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, streaming light, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, thunder, thunder forth, toot, tootle, troat, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet
call, trumpet forth, twang, tweedle, ululate, vividness, wail, warble, whicker, whine, whinny, whisper, whistle, wind, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl