clangor; clatter, noise, bombilation†, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub,
bobbery†, fracas, charivari†, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets,
fanfare, tintamarre†, peal, swell, blast, larum†, boom; bang (explosion)
406; resonance &c 408.
vociferation, hullabaloo, &c 411; lungs; Stentor.
artillery, cannon; thunder.
V. be loud &c adj.; peal, swell, clang, boom, thunder, blare,
fulminate, roar; resound &c 408.
speak up, shout &c (vociferate) 411; bellow &c (cry as an animal)
412.
rend the air, rend the skies; fill the air; din in the ear, ring
in the ear, thunder in the ear; pierce the ears, split the ears, rend
the ears, split the head; deafen, stun; faire le diable a quatre [Fr.];
make one's windows shake, rattle the windows; awaken the echoes,
startle the echoes; wake the dead.
Adj. loud, sonorous; high-sounding, big-sounding; deep, full, powerful,
noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous†; thundering, deafening &c v.;
trumpet-tongued; ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening; piercing;
obstreperous, rackety, uproarious; enough to wake the dead, enough to
wake seven sleepers.
shrill &c 410 clamorous &c (vociferous) 411 stentorian,
stentorophonic†.
Adv. loudly &c adj.. aloud; at the top of one's voice, at the top of
one's lungs, lustily, in full cry.
Phr. the air rings with; the deep dread-bolted thunder [Lear].