blare

UK: /ˈblɛə^r/ US: /blɛr/ ,(blâr)

Inflections of 'blare' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

blares

v 3rd person singular

blaring

v pres p

blared

v past

blared

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

blare /blɛr/   v., blared, blar•ing, n. 
v. 

1. to emit a loud, unpleasant sound: [no object]
   No one could sleep with his radio blaring all night.
   [~ + object]
   Her radio was blaring rock music.

n. [countable* singular]

2. a loud, unpleasant noise;
   clamor:
   the blare of the trombones right in front of the microphone.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

blare  (blâr), v., blared, blar•ing, n. 
v.i. 

1. to emit a loud, raucous sound:
   The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.

v.t. 

2. to sound loudly;
   proclaim noisily:
   We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.

n. 

3. a loud, raucous noise:
   The blare of the band made conversation impossible.
4. glaring intensity of light or color:
   A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.
5. fanfare;
   flourish;
   ostentation;
   flamboyance:
   a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.
6. Dialect Terms [Eastern New Eng.] the bawl of a calf.

• 1400–50; late Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blaren, Middle Low German blarren, Middle High German blerren (German plärren)

Synonyms

• 1, 3. blast, bellow, roar, clang, clamor; screech, honk.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

blare / blɛə/ verb

1. to sound loudly and harshly
2. to proclaim loudly and sensationally

noun

1. a loud and usually harsh or grating noise

Etymology: 14th Century: from Middle Dutch bleren; of imitative origin