blaring

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blaring

The blaring car horn startled the pedestrians at the crosswalk.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Unpleasantly loud and penetrating: Describes a sound that is extremely loud, harsh, and difficult to ignore, often causing discomfort.
    • Strident or blasting: Refers to a noise that is both powerful and sharp, forcing its way into one's awareness.

  2. Noun:

    • A loud, harsh, or strident noise: The sound itself that is characterized by being excessively loud and unpleasant.
Examples

  • Adjective:

    • We couldn't have a conversation over the blaring music from the nightclub.
    • The blaring sirens of the emergency vehicles filled the city streets.

  • Noun:

    • The sudden blaring of the car horn made me jump.
    • The constant blaring from the construction site was a major nuisance.
Advanced Usage

  • "to be blaring": Used to describe a source (like a radio or speaker) that is producing a very loud, harsh sound.

    • His car stereo was blaring as he drove down the quiet street.

  • "to go off blaring": To start suddenly with a loud, harsh noise.

    • The fire alarm went off blaring, evacuating the entire building.
Variants and Related Words

  • Blare (verb): To make a loud, harsh sound.

    • The trumpets blared as the king entered.

  • Blast (noun/verb): A loud, explosive sound or to make such a sound. Often used similarly in contexts of loud noise.

    • A blast of music came from the open window.
Synonyms
  • Deafening: Extremely loud.
  • Ear-splitting: So loud it seems capable of splitting the ears.
  • Strident: Loud and harsh; grating.
  • Boombox (informal, for the source): A portable radio/cassette player known for playing music loudly.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
  • Blare out: To sound loudly and harshly from a source.
    • News headlines blared out from every television in the airport.
Related Idioms
  • (To be) at full blast: Operating at maximum volume or intensity.
    • The party next door had the music at full blast all night. (This idiom describes a state similar to something blaring.)
blaring

The blaring car horn startled the pedestrians at the crosswalk.

Adjective
  1. unpleasantly loud and penetrating
    • the blaring noise of trumpets
    • shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio
Noun
  1. a loud harsh or strident noise

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