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📢 To make noise 📢 A loud noise
to blare

to blare

50 3.8
To make a loud harsh sound that hurts your ears, like a siren
  • verb
  • /blɛr/
translation icon : sonar
  • There's a slam, and Carla's tape deck starts blaring, Janet Jackson pounding the walls.
  • loudspeakers blare
  • horns blare
  • blare music

You know, if you were standing by a road and there was a car that was speeding towards you with its horn blaring, what would you actually hear?

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Examples

  • Before we could ask him anything, the announcer's voice blared out the news.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • As you can hear by the blaring music, we are at Disneyland.

  • Suddenly the lights come on in the hallway and music comes blaring at full volume.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Now the fire alarm is blaring in addition to the other alarm.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The music from La Boheme is blaring from the car's stereo.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • In one scene, disco music blares in the courtyard, coaxing patients to dance.

    Academic text (2017)

  • A taxicab is coming right at her, horn blaring, tires squealing.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • As I walked up the crumbled sidewalk, I could hear a radio blaring loudly.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The mayor's hearse glides through town, P.A. system blaring: MAYOR'S AMPLIFIED VOICE Town meeting!

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The car alarm started to blare at 2 AM, waking up everyone in the neighborhood.

Synonyms

to scream
vsto blare
∞ 1.0

To make a loud high cry because of fear or pain

make loud unpleasant sound not primarily an emotional human cry
to screech
vsto blare
86 4.0

To make a loud, high, sharp sound that startles people

make loud unpleasant noise that is not necessarily high-pitched
to shriek
vsto blare
72 2.9

To make a loud high sound often because of fear, pain or excitement

produce loud unpleasant sound without implying human emotion
to blast
vsto blare
66 4.1

To make a sudden very loud sound that startles people

produce loud and unpleasant sound without sudden force
to bellow
vsto blare
39 4.7

Shout loudly in a deep voice because you are angry or hurt

make loud unpleasant noise that is not deep or roaring in pitch
to ring out
vsto blare
26 3.6

To make a loud clear sound that people can hear far away

make loud unpleasant noise that is harsh rather than clear
to blare out
vsto blare
1 4.3

Make a very loud sound to get people's attention

make loud unpleasant noise without the specific announcing purpose
to boom out
vsto blare
1 5.7

To make a deep loud sound that can be heard far away

produce loud unpleasant sound that is not focused on depth or resonance
to yawp
vsto blare
9.9

Make a loud, rough sound like a shout to show anger or complaint

make loud unpleasant sound without the sense of complaint

Antonyms

to whisper
586 1.0

To speak very quietly using only breath so one person can hear

to muffle
64 5.8

To make a sound or feeling quieter so it is less noticeable

Phrasal Verbs

to blare out
1 4.3

Make a very loud sound to get people's attention

How Loud

bellow
20 4.6
to blare
50 3.8
to shout
644 1.0
to speak
  • Literature
569 6.5
murmur
36 4.1

Surface Forms

blare infinitive
blared past
blared past participle
blaring present participle
blares third person singular

Etymology

Blare comes from a sound word that copies a strong noise, like music or a siren, so to blare is to 'make a loud, harsh, and unpleasant noise'.