Blare
to emit a loud, raucous sound:
The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
to sound loudly; proclaim noisily:
We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.
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.
Contemporary Examples
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show Robert W. Chambers February 19, 2014
Historical Examples
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray
Melomaniacs James Huneker
Joe Strong The Boy Fire-Eater Vance Barnum
Wayside Courtships Hamlin Garland
A King of Tyre James M. Ludlow
A Little Girl in Old Detroit Amanda Minnie Douglas
Narakan Rifles, About Face! Jan Smith
Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches Maurice Baring
Winning His Way Charles Carleton Coffin
verb
to sound loudly and harshly
to proclaim loudly and sensationally
noun
a loud and usually harsh or grating noise
v.
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