Definition

1. Verb:
   • To roar louder than; to exceed in roaring volume or intensity.

Usage

• The verb "outroar" is a transitive verb, meaning it requires a direct object. It describes the action of producing a roar that is louder or more powerful than that of another source.
• It is often used in comparative contexts involving loud, deep, or powerful sounds, typically associated with animals, crowds, or natural phenomena like storms or engines.

Examples

• Verb:
  • The lion managed to outroar all the other animals in the jungle.
  • The roar of the jet engines outroared the thunder.
  • The passionate fans outroared the home team's supporters.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe surpassing someone or something in vocal intensity, protest, or forceful expression.
  • The activist's speech outroared the whispers of dissent in the hall.

Variants and Related Words

• Roar (verb/noun): To make a long, loud, deep sound; the sound itself.
• Outshout (verb): To shout louder than. (A close synonym in the context of human voices.)
• Outcry (noun/verb): A strong expression of public disapproval or anger.

Synonyms

• Drown out: To be louder than and prevent another sound from being heard.
• Overpower: To be much stronger or more intense than.
• Surpass in volume: A more descriptive phrase with a similar meaning.

Notes

• "Outroar" is a relatively uncommon and literary word. In everyday speech, phrases like "was louder than" or "drowned out" are more frequently used.
• It follows the pattern of verbs starting with "out-" (e.g., outrun, outlast, outnumber) which mean to do something to a greater degree than another.

Verb

1. roar louder than