What is another word for peals?

Pronunciation: [pˈiːlz] (IPA)

Peals are described as loud and echoing sounds. One of the synonyms for peal is chime. Chime refers to the sound made by a bell or bells when rung. Another synonym for peal is clangor. The word clangor refers to a loud and unpleasant sound, especially that of metal hitting against something. The word toll is also a synonym for peal. Toll refers to the sounding of a bell, especially for a funeral or death. Additionally, the word clang is a synonym for peal. Clang refers to a loud, metallic ringing sound. In summary, peal has various synonyms such as chime, clangor, toll and clang, among others, that can be used interchangeably in different contexts.

What are the hypernyms for Peals?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Peals

The thunder burst in tremendous explosions; the peals were echoed from mountain to mountain; they crashed upon Dunderberg, and rolled up the long defile of the highlands, each headland making a new echo, until old Bull hill seemed to bellow back the storm.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
It was succeeded by another, and another, each seemingly pushing onwards its predecessor, and towering, with dazzling brilliancy, in the deep-blue atmosphere: and now muttering peals of thunder were faintly heard rolling behind the mountains.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
My father got hold of Mrs Geddes, worn-out and disappointed, and got quietly to bed; and I have often heard him tell how M'Donald's peals of laughter rang in his ears as the punch-bowl went round, even to the dawning of the day.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie

Famous quotes with Peals

  • We meet neath the sounding rafter, And the walls around are bare; As they shout back our peals of laughter It seems that the dead are there. Ho! stand to your glasses steady! 'T is all we have left to prize. A cup to the dead already,— Hurrah for the next that dies!
    Bartholomew Dowling
  • The world suddenly opened up, and she was coming to new realizations and a greater awareness, concerning the nature of reality, and the world, which her mortal mind had previously been unable to conceive. She smiled her radiant goddess smile and began to laugh. Her omnipresent peals of mirth resonated through the forest, seeming to echo to the edges of the universe and back. She was getting her first glimpses of the world, seen through the eyes of a goddess; the first sweet tastes of a consciousness empowered beyond all human levels of comprehension, and her spirit was in exultant bliss.
    Alexei Maxim Russell

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