Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to roar
Participle: roared
Gerund: roaring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | roar |
| you | roar |
| he;she;it | roars |
| we | roar |
| you | roar |
| they | roar |
Perfect
| I | have roared |
| you | have roared |
| he;she;it | has roared |
| we | have roared |
| you | have roared |
| they | have roared |
Past
| I | roared |
| you | roared |
| he;she;it | roared |
| we | roared |
| you | roared |
| they | roared |
Pluperfect
| I | had roared |
| you | had roared |
| he;she;it | had roared |
| we | had roared |
| you | had roared |
| they | had roared |
Future
| I | will roar |
| you | will roar |
| he;she;it | will roar |
| we | will roar |
| you | will roar |
| they | will roar |
Future Perfect
| I | will have roared |
| you | will have roared |
| he;she;it | will have roared |
| we | will have roared |
| you | will have roared |
| they | will have roared |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | roar |
| you | roar |
| he;she;it | roar |
| we | roar |
| you | roar |
| they | roar |
Perfect
| I | have roared |
| you | have roared |
| he;she;it | have roared |
| we | have roared |
| you | have roared |
| they | have roared |
Imperfect
| I | roared |
| you | roared |
| he;she;it | roared |
| we | roared |
| you | roared |
| they | roared |
Pluperfect
| I | had roared |
| you | had roared |
| he;she;it | had roared |
| we | had roared |
| you | had roared |
| they | had roared |
Conditional
Present
| I | would roar |
| you | would roar |
| he;she;it | would roar |
| we | would roar |
| you | would roar |
| they | would roar |
Perfect
| I | would have roared |
| you | would have roared |
| he;she;it | would have roared |
| we | would have roared |
| you | would have roared |
| they | would have roared |
Imperative
| you | roar |
| we | Let's roar |
| you | roar |
Verbs conjugated like 'roar'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'roar'
hoar,
oar,
rear,
roam,
roap,
soar,
ajar,
arear,
bar,
bear,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to utter with a shout
- call, cry, holler, roop, scream, shout, yell
- bellow
- yell, shout, clamor, vociferate, laugh, cry, rout, bawl
- thunder
- boom, reverberate, resound, peal
Antonyms
- to make a soft rustling or murmuring sound
- blare, boom, clang, peal, sough, thunder
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
rarian, probably of imitative origin (cf. M.Du.
reeren, Ger.
röhren "to roar;" Skt.
ragati "barks;" Lith.
reju "to scold;" O.C.S.
revo "I roar;" L.
raucus "hoarse"). The noun is attested from c.1390.
Roaring forties in ref. to exceptional rough seas between latitudes 40 and 50 south, is attested from 1867.
2. 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.
3. Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'roorje', German, old spelling '
röhren'.
Verbs referencing "roar"
German, old spelling
röhren.
Sample Sentences
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[...] situated, the natural transition from these first surprises was obviously into peals of hearty laughter, and I can report that I, for one, being still seated upon the slab or perch before mentioned, roared outright until the vessel rang again. Thus, in less than two minutes after coming upon it for the first time, we all by common consent agreed that this state-room was the pleasantest and most [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to advance an inch. Imagine the ship herself, with every pulse and artery of her huge body swollen and bursting under this maltreatment, sworn to go on or die. Imagine the wind howling, the sea roaring, the rain beating: all in furious array against her. Picture the sky both dark and wild, and the clouds, in fearful sympathy with the waves, making another ocean in the air. Add to all this, the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] happening under circumstances the most favourable to its enjoyment. About midnight we shipped a sea, which forced its way through the skylights, burst open the doors above, and came raging and roaring down into the ladies ’ cabin, to the unspeakable consternation of my wife and a little Scotch lady—who, by the way, had previously sent a message to the captain by the stewardess, requesting him, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] then, getting up, he set her on his broad shoulder, and began capering and dancing with her, while Mas’r George snapped at her with his pocket-handkerchief, and Mose and Pete, now returned again, roared after her like bears, till Aunt Chloe declared that they “ fairly took her head off ” with their noise. As, according to her own statement, this surgical operation was a matter of daily occurrence [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] off ” with their noise. As, according to her own statement, this surgical operation was a matter of daily occurrence in the cabin, the declaration no whit abated the merriment, till every one had roared and tumbled and danced themselves down to a state of composure.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] besprinkled with pleasant villas, and made refreshing to the sight by turf and trees. Soon we shot in quick succession, past a light-house; a madhouse (how the lunatics flung up their caps and roared in sympathy with the headlong engine and the driving tide ! ); a jail; and other buildings: and so emerged into a noble bay, whose waters sparkled in the now cloudless sunshine like Nature 's eyes [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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There never was a race of people who so completely gave the lie to history as these giants, or whom all the chroniclers have so cruelly libelled. Instead of roaring and ravaging about the world, constantly catering for their cannibal larders, and perpetually going to market in an unlawful manner, they are the meekest people in any man 's acquaintance: rather [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] that he had travelled on foot some distance, but he was in a very jocose state, and shook hands with this soldier, and clapped that one on the back, and talked and laughed continually, like a roaring idle dog as he was.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Shut up, you black cuss ! ” roared Legree; “ did ye think I wanted any o ’ yer infernal old Methodism ? I say, tune up, now, something real rowdy,—quick ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)