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) Dutch: oorverdovend (nl) Finnish: korvia halkova French: assourdissant (fr) German: markerschütternd (de), ohrenbetäubend (de), ohrenzerreißend Hungarian: fülrepesztő (hu) Italian: assordante (it) Polish: ogłuszający (pl)