din

A loud, unpleasant mixture of noises that continues for some time.

• The children made a terrible din.
• I could not hear her over the din of the machinery.
• The constant din from the street kept us awake.

How to use it: the din of something (We could barely speak above the din of the traffic.)

Similar words: racket, noise, clamour

Opposites: silence

Common phrases: terrible din, deafening din, din of traffic

To make a loud, continuing noise.

• The bells dinned all morning.
• Machinery dinned beyond the factory wall.
• The clattering wheels dinned in my ears.

Similar words: resound, clang

Common phrases: din loudly, din in ears

To repeat something many times so that someone remembers it.

• She dinned the rule into us.
• The teacher dinned those dates into our heads.
• He kept dinning the same warning into my ears.

How to use it: din something into someone/someone’s ears (He dinned the safety rules into his students.)

Similar words: drill, hammer

Common phrases: din into someone, din a lesson