ear-splitting

adjective

1. so loud or shrill as to hurt the ears

Example Sentences

The 'wall of sound' South Stand amplified the already ear-splitting pandemonium, and a sea of camera lights added to the spectacle.

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The world circa 2025 could use two hours of an ear-splitting sing-along with 70,000 like-minded denizens, celebrating the working-class joys of booze, broads and rock ‘n’ roll.

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The roar after Londynn Jones hit her first three-pointer to put the Bruins up 47-41 with 7:17 remaining in the third quarter was ear-splitting on the floor.

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Fans remained standing throughout as an ear-splitting, pulsating roar for Tyson reverberated around the stadium, home to the Dallas Cowboys NFL team.

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When students arrived on campus for the first day of school this fall, they were greeted with a ear-splitting boom and plume of smoke emanating from Atlas.

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Related Words

• big 
• boisterous 
• deafening 
• emphatic 
• heavy 
• intense 
• lusty 
• powerful 
• rambunctious 
• raucous 
• resounding 
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• roaring 
• rowdy 
• strident 
• strong 
• thundering 
• vehement 
• vociferous