BLARING Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in loud

marked by a high volume of sound some teens drove by and woke us up with blaring music

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blaring

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verb

present participle of blare

as in announcing

to make known openly or publicly was it really necessary to blare that private quarrel to the whole world?

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Recent Examples of blaring

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During an allegedly sleepy period on the NBA schedule, the Lakers shook everyone awake with a blaring alarm. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Citi Field adopted the feel-good single, blaring it over the speakers whenever a Met hit a home run. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026 But at a time when this has become the norm, some want their baseball without a side of music blaring and the mascot doing donuts in the outfield on an ATV. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Just what Lee was thinking was drowned out by a TV mounted in the corner, blaring the news of the day, but the gist was clear. — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Outside, where salsa competed with reggaetón blaring from the different studios, the band explained where their inspiration came from. — John Bartlett, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026 Trucks and semis from all over the southwest came to Richmound, blaring horns and, in one case, ramming the new fence surrounding the school. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 Techno and dance music were blaring throughout the space next to the San Diego Bay, with separate lines (after the big main line) once participants got inside. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026 On the side of the highway, the night is a cacophony of blaring horns and the shouts of drunken men. — ABC News, 23 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blaring

Adjective

The satiety and blood-sugar argument keeps getting louder from clinicians.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Rooms All 195 rooms are dressed in a soft gray and blue palette, and the energy is calm and soothing after a day in one of the loudest parts of Manhattan.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of loud

Verb

Both Daltrey and Starkey have made public statements announcing and confirming the somewhat surprising musical reconciliation.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
But the retail historian in me has never been able to let go of the fact that the chart is wrong, and that the wire story announcing Walmart's rise in 1991 was wrong in exactly the same way.

— Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of announcing

Adjective

Before the researchers could start sampling it, though, a deafening roar suddenly filled the tunnel.

— James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Dixon said other issues to be considered are the deafening roar of traffic passing under the footbridge on I-91 and how to soften it.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026

Definition of deafening

Verb

And it's been plenty victorious as a top pizza choice in town, as evidenced by a 2025 Food Network roundup proclaiming that The Post serves the best slice of pizza in Kentucky.

— Bob Vitale, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Aug. 2026
Her son Spencer, 5, could be heard proclaiming his hunger in the back of the video and is seen grabbing a few slices of Parmesan cheese prepped for the salad.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Definition of proclaiming

Adjective

Martha-Mary Chapel, Sudbury Reverend Bryce (Toby Huss) presides over the town church, where mysterious ringing bells seem to indicate something dark is afoot.

— Nicholas DeRenzo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
The quote sounded more like a statement of facts than a ringing endorsement.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of ringing

Verb

In practice, invoking a Tuey-Rodriguez charge or instruction is often done with the hopes a jury will be able to reach a verdict, but is also a step judges are generally expected to take before declaring a mistrial in Massachusetts.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
After publicly declaring her love for the Nacho Libre actor in a 2024 interview with The Tonight Show, the Sentimental Value actress feels badly about potentially embarrassing her celebrity crush, according to her sister, Dakota Fanning.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of declaring

Verb

The parliamentarian’s office is responsible for documenting and publishing the rules and precedents of its chamber.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Hugging Face was recently hacked by one of OpenAI's agents, with Sam Altman's group publishing a technical report on Wednesday detailing how its models breached Hugging Face last month.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of publishing

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