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loud
[ loud ]
adjective
- (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity:
loud talking;
loud thunder;
loud whispers.
Synonyms: stentorian, resounding, earsplitting
Antonyms: quiet
- making, emitting, or uttering strongly audible sounds:
a quartet of loud trombones.
- clamorous, vociferous, or blatant; noisy:
a loud party;
a loud demonstration.
- emphatic or insistent:
to be loud in one's praises;
a loud denial.
- garish, conspicuous, or ostentatious, as colors, dress, or the wearer of garish dress:
loud ties;
a loud dresser.
- obtrusively vulgar, as manners or persons.
- strong or offensive in smell.
adverb
- in a loud manner; loudly:
Don't talk so loud.
loud
/ laʊd /
adjective
- (of sound) relatively great in volume
a loud shout
- making or able to make sounds of relatively great volume
a loud voice
- clamorous, insistent, and emphatic
loud protests
- (of colours, designs, etc) offensive or obtrusive to look at
- characterized by noisy, vulgar, and offensive behaviour
adverb
- in a loud manner
- out loudaudibly, as distinct from silently
Derived Forms
- ˈloudness, noun
- ˈloudly, adverb
Other Words From
- loud·ly adverb
- loud·ness noun
- o·ver·loud adjective
- o·ver·loud·ly adverb
- un·loud·ly adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of loud1
Word History and Origins
Origin of loud1
Idioms and Phrases
- out loud, aloud; audibly:
I thought it, but I never said it out loud.
Just whisper, don't speak out loud.
More idioms and phrases containing loud
- actions speak louder than words
- big (loud) mouth
- for crying out loud
- out loud
- think aloud
- (loud enough) to wake the dead
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In one of the videos, a fighter displays his wristwatch to the camera, showing the date as 25 October - and repeating it out loud - the date of the massacre in al-Seriha.
Being the loudest doesn’t equate to being the best, it merely keeps Netflix in the conversation.
But this wasn’t just any week: It was time for Che and Jost’s annual joke swap, in which each writes awful, offensive jokes that the other must read out loud.
"The louder you play it, the more honest it gets," said the Los Angeles Times.
They have a great outdoor area where you can hang with kids and there’s a lot of families so you don’t feel like you’re spoiling anyone’s time by having a loud child.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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