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单词 bray
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bray

What was that braying wall of sound?She made the sound of donkeys braying.You also have a laugh like a braying donkey.The braying of donkeys echoes along the narrow gorge in the dawn.It took me a few seconds to realise that it was a donkey braying.The only sounds are made by birds, surf and braying donkeys.She visibly shrank in the face of a barrage of baritone braying, her voice faltering and fading as she gamely struggled on.At the moment they cause him to breathe in loudly and make a noise like a donkey braying - and he also pulls on his eyelids.
(verb) 
Definition
(of a donkey) to utter its characteristic loud harsh sound
The donkey brayed and tried to bolt.
Synonyms
neigh
bellow
screech
She was screeching at them.
whinny
heehaw
(verb) 
Definition
to utter something with a loud harsh sound
Pavel brayed with angry laughter.
Synonyms
roar
He threw back his head and roared.
trumpet
bellow
He bellowed the information into the telephone.
hoot
(noun) 
Definition
the loud harsh sound uttered by a donkey
It was a strange laugh, like the bray of a donkey.
Synonyms
neigh
bellow
screech
whinny
heehaw
(noun) 
Definition
a similar loud sound
She cut him off with a bray of laughter.
Synonyms
roar
the roar of lions in the distance
cry
Her brother gave a cry of recognition.
shout
I heard a distant shout.
bellow
a bellow of tearful rage
screech
The figure gave a screech.
hoot
the hoots of night birds
bawl
harsh sound

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bellow
Definition
to make a loud deep cry like that of a bull
He bellowed the information into the telephone.
Synonyms
shout,
call,
cry (out),
scream,
roar,
yell,
howl,
shriek,
clamour,
bawl,
holler (informal)
in the sense of bellow
Definition
a loud deep roar
a bellow of tearful rage
Synonyms
shout,
call,
cry,
scream,
roar,
yell,
howl,
shriek,
bell,
clamour,
bawl
in the sense of cry
Definition
the act or sound of crying
Her brother gave a cry of recognition.
Synonyms
shout,
call,
bell,
scream,
roar,
yell,
howl,
shriek,
bellow,
whoop,
screech,
hoot,
ejaculation (literary),
bawl,
holler (informal),
exclamation,
squawk,
yelp,
yoo-hoo

Nearby words of
bray

  • brawl
  • brawn
  • brawny
  • bray
  • brazen
  • brazen it out
  • breach

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