earsplitting

See also: ear-splitting

English

Etymology

From ear +‎ splitting.

Adjective

earsplitting (comparative more earsplitting, superlative most earsplitting)

1. Extremely loud, painfully loud.
   • 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 60:

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

Derived terms

• earsplittingly

 

Translations

extremely loud

• Bulgarian: оглушителен (bg) (oglušitelen)
• Finnish: korvia halkova
• German: markerschütternd (de), ohrenbetäubend (de), ohrenzerreißend
• Hungarian: fülrepesztő (hu)
• Italian: assordante (it)