roar

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
3. Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.
4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
5. (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
6. (transitive) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
9. (British, Midlands, North, Yorkshire, informal) To cry.

Noun

1. A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
2. The cry of the lion.
3. The deep cry of the bull.
4. A loud resounding noise.
5. A show of strength or character.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɔː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: roren

Inherited from Old English: rārian

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: roorje

Cognate with German: röhren

In summary

From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairōn, from Proto-Germanic *rairōną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).

Synonyms

bellow

shout

howl

thunder

🌩️

rumble

yell

sound

🔉

scream

😱

cry

😢

growl

resound

bawl

noise

boom

💥

roaring

trumpet

🎺

cry out

bray

hum

groan

rage

😡

bark

snarl

moan

holler

bluster

shriek

drone

snore

buzz

murmur

make noise

wail

yowl

moo

blare

call

squeal

clatter

reverberate

ululate

storm

vociferate

call out

peal

sing

echo

neigh

laugh

😆

crash

Translations

rugir

brüllen

gronder

ruggire

brullen

ruggito

hurler

mugir

crier

bramar

gritar

rugir

mugir

schreien

muggire