roar
/ˈɹoɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
Intransitive verb
verb
To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
verb
To proceed vigorously.
verb
To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
Example Sentences
- "Sole on the barren ſands the ſuff'ring chief / Roar'd out for anguiſh, and indulg'd his grief."
- "Hearing the rout, Dame Gill came out, With a horse whip from the door, She laid it on Jack, And poor Jill's back, Until they both did roar."
- "The audience roared at his jokes."
- "The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas."
- "Roaring bulls he would him make to tame."
- "The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹoɹ/
- British English: /ˈɹɔː/