adj
Meaning 1
Extremely loud, painfully loud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
earsplitting
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Meaning 2
loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deafening, thunderous, thundery
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From ear + splitting.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: оглушителен (oglušitelen) — extremely loud
- Dutch: oorverdovend — extremely loud
- Finnish: korvia halkova — extremely loud
- French: assourdissant — extremely loud
- German: markerschütternd — extremely loud
- German: ohrenbetäubend — extremely loud
- German: ohrenzerreißend — extremely loud
- Hungarian: fülrepesztő — extremely loud
- Italian: assordante — extremely loud
- Polish: ogłuszający — extremely loud