| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains.[Websters]
2. Being blatant, loud or noisy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being shrill or earsplitting. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being deafening. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb ear-splittingly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (ear-splittingly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ear-splitting.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EAR-SPLITTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references) |
