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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud noise |
| Synonyms: | blare, noise, peal |
| Antonyms: | quiet |
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| Main Entry: | din |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud, continuous noise |
| Synonyms: | babel, bedlam, boisterousness, brouhaha, buzz, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, commotion, confusion, crash, disquiet, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly, jangle, music, outcry, pandemonium, percussion, racket, row, shout, sound, stridency, tintamarre, tintinnabulation, tumult, uproar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jangle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cacophony of noises |
| Synonyms: | babel, clang, clangor, clash, din, dissonance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, jar, pandemonium, racket, rattle, reverberation, roar, tumult, uproar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | racket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; fight |
| Synonyms: | agitation, babel, battle, blare, brawl, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, din, disturbance, fracas, free-for-all, fuss, hoo-ha, hubbub, jangle, noise, outcry, pandemonium, riot, roar, row, ruction, rumpus, shouting, shuffle, squabble, squall, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, vociferation, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chime, bell-like noise |
| Synonyms: | buzz, call, clangor, clank, jangle, jingle, knell, peal, reverberation, tinkle, toll, vibration |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | growl, reverberation |
| Synonyms: | barrage, boom, booming, clangor, drone, drumbeat, drumming, echoing, grumble, quaver, racket, rat-a-tat, resonance, roar, rumble, rumbling, thunder |
| Main Entry: | uproar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, pandemonium |
| Synonyms: | ado, babble, babel, bedlam, bickering, big scene, brawl, broil, bustle, chaos, clamor, clangor, clatter, confusion, din, disorder, flap, fracas*, free-for-all, furor, fuss, hassle, jangle, mayhem, melee, noise, outcry, racket, riot, roughhouse, row, ruction, shivaree, stink*, stir, strife, to-do, turbulence, turmoil, violence |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tintinnabulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud ringings |
| Synonyms: | chime, clanging, clangor, jingle, noise, ringing, sound |
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| Concept: | [Repeated and protracted sounds] Roll. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; specific sounds |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
roll; drumming; berloque, bombination, rumbling; tattoo; dingdong; tantara; rataplan; whirr; ratatat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari, racket; cuckoo; repetition; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation.
-verbs
roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate., hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat., drum in the ear, din in the ear.
-adjectives
rolling; monotonous (repeated); like a bee in a bottle.
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