earsplitting

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adjective

Extremely loud, painfully loud.

RareScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveearsplitting (comparative more earsplitting, superlative most earsplitting)

comparative more earsplitting · superlative most earsplitting

  1. Extremely loud, painfully loud.

    Performing an earsplitting solo on an out-of-tune guitar

    2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 60

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveloud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian оглушителен
  • оглушителен (oglušitelen)extremely loud
Dutch oorverdovend
  • oorverdovendextremely loud
Finnish korvia halkova
  • korvia halkovaextremely loud
French assourdissant
  • assourdissantextremely loud
German markerschütternd, ohrenbetäubend
  • markerschütterndextremely loud
  • ohrenbetäubendextremely loud
  • ohrenzerreißendextremely loud
Hungarian fülrepesztő
  • fülrepesztőextremely loud
Italian assordante
  • assordanteextremely loud
Polish ogłuszający
  • ogłuszającyextremely loud
Cite this entry
APA

earsplitting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earsplitting

MLA

“earsplitting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earsplitting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earsplitting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earsplitting.

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