blare

Meanings

Noun

• A loud sound.
• Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.

Verb

• To make a loud sound.
• To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.

Origin

• From Middle English bleren, from Middle Dutch bleren ("to bleat, cry, bawl, shout") (Dutch bleren). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ("to bleat, cry"). Compare Dutch blaren.