blare

[blair]

verb (used without object)

blared, blaring 

1. to emit a loud, raucous sound.

   The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.

   Synonyms: honk, screech, clamor, clang, roar, bellow, blast

verb (used with object)

blared, blaring 

1. to sound loudly; proclaim noisily.

   We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.

noun

1. a loud, raucous noise.

   The blare of the band made conversation impossible.

   Synonyms: honk, screech, clamor, clang, roar, bellow, blast

2. glaring intensity of light or color.

   A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.

3. fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance.

   a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.

4. Eastern New England.,  the bawl of a calf.

blare

/ blɛə /

verb

1. to sound loudly and harshly

2. to proclaim loudly and sensationally

noun

1. a loud and usually harsh or grating noise

Word History and Origins

Origin of blare¹

1400–50; late Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blaren, Middle Low German blarren, Middle High German blerren ( German plärren )

Word History and Origins

Origin of blare¹

C14: from Middle Dutch bleren ; of imitative origin

Example Sentences

Pop music blared from open doors on Monday afternoon on Santee Street as the light faded.

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Customers streamed in around lunchtime as the Everly Brothers blared through the speakers.

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After all, I am only in the store a few minutes a week and can readily suck it up and ignore the discombobulatingly inane strains of “Peaceful, Easy Feeling” blaring overhead.

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Evacuation sirens blared, and loudspeakers warned anyone within earshot to leave the area.

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To calm himself at work he often blared heavy metal music.

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Related Words

• bark 
• clang 
• honk 
• hoot 
• resound 
• roar 
• scream 
• shout 
• shriek 
• toot 
• trumpet