BLARING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blaring mean? 

• BLARING (noun)
  The noun BLARING has 1 sense:

1. a loud harsh or strident noise

  Familiarity information: BLARING used as a noun is very rare.

• BLARING (adjective)
  The adjective BLARING has 1 sense:

1. unpleasantly loud and penetrating

  Familiarity information: BLARING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLARING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud harsh or strident noise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

blare; blaring; cacophony; clamor; din

Hypernyms ("blaring" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

• BLARING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unpleasantly loud and penetrating

Synonyms:

blaring; blasting

Context example:

shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio

Similar:

loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)

 Context examples 

Mars is on the way to help you, which is the equivalent to having the cavalry arriving on horseback with bugles blaring.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)