Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

die roaring

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: die roar-ing
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To die in agony, especially as divine punishment for a wicked life.

Colloquial; Dated

Example Sentences

"May you die roaring like Doran's bull!"
""Did you ever see a fellow hanged?" "I saw dozens of them," he assured me solemnly, "and they all died roaring.""
"The genial, white-haired Malachy also enthralled the audience with grim jokes about how Henry VIII and Randolph Churchill died roaring from syphillis."

Usage

Inflected Forms

dies roaring (present, singular) dying roaring (participle, present) died roaring (participle, past) died roaring (past)

Phrases

die roaring for a priest

Frequently Paired Words

die roaring for a priest

Questions

What does die roaring mean?: To die in agony, especially as divine punishment for a wicked life.

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