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to outroar

to outroar

9.9
Make a louder sound than another person or thing
  • verb
  • /aʊtˈroʊr/
translation icon : gritar más fuerte que
  • Despite the storm, the cheering crowd managed to outroar the thunder.

Examples

  • Even with their loud voices, the children couldn't outroar the stadium announcer.

  • No one could outroar the lion in the zoo during feeding time.

  • The lion outroared all the other animals.

  • Can you outroar that loud engine?

  • The band played their loudest song to outroar the crowd's cheers during the finale.

  • During the match, the home team fans tried to outroar the visiting supporters.

  • To celebrate his victory, he shouted to outroar the noise of the fireworks.

Synonyms

to shout over
vsto outroar
4 4.0

Speak loudly so others can hear you above noise

produce a deeper, fuller loud sound that stands out above surrounding noise
to outshout
vsto outroar
1 6.7

To shout louder than another person

make a deeper, fuller loud sound that exceeds another's volume

Antonyms

to whisper
586 1.0

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

to be quiet
231 1.0

To stop making noise or talking

How Loud

to outroar
9.9
to bellow
39 4.7
shout
162 1.0
to roar
98 1.0
murmur
36 4.1
to whisper
586 1.0

Surface Forms

outroar infinitive
outroared past
outroared past participle
outroaring present participle
outroars third person singular

Morphology

outroar = roar (transparent) = out + roar

The productive prefix 'out-' meaning 'to exceed or surpass' combines transparently with the verb 'roar' to mean 'roar more loudly than'.

Etymology

Outroar is made of out- meaning 'more than' and roar meaning 'a loud shout or animal sound', like in outdo or outshine. So, to outroar someone is to make a louder roar than them.