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loud
[ loud ]
adjective
- (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity:
loud talking;
loud thunder;
loud whispers.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- 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.
Synonyms: , ,
- obtrusively vulgar, as manners or persons.
- strong or offensive in smell.
adverb
- in a loud manner; loudly:
Don't talk so loud.
loud
/ ʊ /
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
- ˈdzܻԱ, noun
- ˈdzܻ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- dzܻ· adverb
- dzܻ·Ա noun
- ··dzܻ adjective
- o·ver·dzܻ· adverb
- un·dzܻ· 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
It was so loud the alarm on my friend’s Apple watch kept going off with “Warning: you are in a very loud environment!”
"It wasn't until seven years ago that I had a massive wake-up call and realised the loud, energetic greengrocer persona I was on the telly was, maybe, becoming redundant. So I changed."
Softly at first then louder, as if to encourage those who joined in timidly, the nuns broke into Ave Maria.
“Being aggressive. Being a loud talker. I loved it. It makes me feel like I’m bringing value. Encouraging. Yelling. I’m always going to yell.”
Curt Mills of the magazine the American Conservative said the quiet part out loud: “The reality is operational — Hegseth is just not up to this.”
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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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