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roar

Best crossword clue

"Deep loud sound"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɔː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aorrStarts with REnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Sole on the barren ſands the ſuff'ring chief / Roar'd out for anguiſh, and indulg'd his grief.
  • The audience roared at his jokes.
  • The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas.

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