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ear-splitting

ear-splitting is the alternative spelling of earsplitting.

Meaning of earsplitting

Adjective

earsplitting (comparative more earsplitting, superlative most earsplitting)

  1. Extremely loud, painfully loud.
    • Performing an earsplitting solo on an out-of-tune guitar2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 60

Forms of ear-splitting

comparativemore ear-splitting
superlativemost ear-splitting

Words formed from ear-splitting

Questions about ear-splitting

What is ear-splitting the alternative spelling of?
Ear-splitting is the alternative spelling of earsplitting.

Words near ear-splitting in the dictionary

  1. ear-raping
  2. ear-reach
  3. ear-shattering
  4. ear-shell
  5. ear-shells
  6. ear-splitting
  7. ear-splittingly
  8. ear-spoon
  9. ear-spoons
  10. ear-tag
  11. ear-tagged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ear-splitting (page history and authors); earsplitting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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