blare

[ blair ]

/ blɛər /

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verb (used without object), blared, blar·ing.

to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.

verb (used with object), blared, blar·ing.

to sound loudly; proclaim noisily: We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.

noun

a loud, raucous noise: The blare of the band made conversation impossible.

glaring intensity of light or color: A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.

fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance: a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.

Eastern New England. the bawl of a calf.

OTHER WORDS FOR blare

1, 3 blast, bellow, roar, clang, clamor; screech, honk.

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Origin of blare

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

Words nearby blare

blanquette de veau, Blanqui, blanquillo, Blantyre, Blantyre-Limbe, blare, blarney, Blarney stone, blart, Blasco Ibáñez, blasé

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How to use blare in a sentence

A siren’s blare woke me, so loud it sounded like it was inside the room.
Near the end of life, my hospice patient had a ghostly visitor who altered his view of the world|Scott Janssen|January 2, 2021|Washington Post
I crept to the door: the organ broke out overhead with a blare.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yon deep bell tolls no matin—'tis the tocsin's hurried blare!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Suddenly we heard the blare of trumpets; the slow walk burst into a gallop, and then—well, it was wonderful to see!
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Deep red—that was the colour of the Romantic school; the flourishing of trumpets and the blare of brass its note.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
A night of Nature's making when she is tired of noise and blare of color.
Wayside Courtships|Hamlin Garland
The blare of the thousand trumpets, the acclamations of a vast multitude proclaimed the thing done!
A Heroine of France|Evelyn Everett-Green

British Dictionary definitions for blare

blare

/ (blɛə) /

verb

to sound loudly and harshly

to proclaim loudly and sensationally

noun

a loud and usually harsh or grating noise

Word Origin for blare

C14: from Middle Dutch bleren; of imitative origin

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