fanfares

Brass herald sounds

Fanfares is the plural of fanfare—a short, triumphant flourish of brass instruments, typically announcing something ceremonial: The fanfares signaled the queen's arrival.

Figuratively, fanfare means showy public attention or celebration: The product launched with great fanfare.

Without fanfares or speeches, she simply got to work.

announcement

trumpet

Valved brass wind instrument

blare · blast · clarion · bugle · declaration · pronouncement · introduction · heralding · sounding · call

ceremony

trumpets

Valved brass instruments

coronation · pomp · gala · celebration · regalia · parade · royalty · honors · tribute · grandeur

Categories
Opposites
ceremony and announcement

fanfaressilence

Total lack of sound

stealth · secrecy · hush · stillness · quiet

reception and treatment

fanfarescold shoulders

Intentional chilly treatment

indifference · dismissals · neglect · jeers · boos

emotional tone

fanfaresdirges

Mournful funeral songs

funeral marches · laments · requiems · elegies · death knells

Phrases
Family

fanfare

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G