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Loud

Loud Meaning & Definition
Loud Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Loud?

[adv] with relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help"
[adj] characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"
[adj] used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition"
[adj] tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Loud: aloud | big | blaring | blasting | brassy | cheap | clarion | deafening | earsplitting | earthshaking | flash | flashy | forte | fortemente | fortissimo | garish | gaudy | gimcrack | in poor taste(p) | loudly | loud-mouthed | loud-voiced | meretricious | roaring | shattering | shouted | tacky | tasteless | tatty | tawdry | thunderous | thundery | trashy | vocal | yelled

Related Terms | Find terms related to Loud: aloud | blaring | blatant | blinding | booming | brassy | brazen | brazenfaced | chintzy | clamant | clamorous | coarse | colorful | crass | crude | crying | deafening | demanding | draining | ear-piercing | ear-rending | earsplitting | ear-splitting | earthshaking | earthy | exacting | exigent | exorbitant | extortionate | extravagant | flagrant | flaring | flashy | flaunting | forte | fortemente | fortissimo | full | fulminating | garish | gaudy | glaring | gorgeous | grasping | gross | harsh | hoarse | importunate | in full cry | insistent | instant | intense | jazzy | loudish | loudly | loud-sounding | lurid | lustily | meretricious | noisily | noisy | obnoxious | obscene | obtrusive | offensive | ostentatious | overbright | pealing | penetrating | persistent | pertinacious | piercing | plangent | pressing | pungent | raucous | raw | reeking | resonant | resounding | resoundingly | ribald | ringing | ringingly | roaring | rough | rude | screaming | sensational | shameless | showy | shrieking | snazzy | sonorous | spectacular | splashy | stentoraphonic | stentorian | stentorious | stertorous | strident | tasteless | tawdry | taxing | thundering | thunderous | tinsel | tonitruant | tonitruous | uproariously | urgent | vulgar | window-rattling

See Also | audible | hearable | noisy

Loud In Webster's Dictionary

\Loud\, a. [Compar. {Louder}; superl. {Loudest}.] [OE. loud, lud, AS. hl?d; akin to OS. hl?d, D. luid, OHG. l?t, G. laut, L. -clutus, in inclutus, inclitus, celebrated, renowned, cluere to be called, Gr. ? heard, loud, famous, ? to hear, Skr. ?ru. ?. Cf. {Client}, {Listen}, {Slave} a serf.] 1. Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder. They were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. --Luke xxiii. 23. 2. Clamorous; boisterous. She is loud and stubborn. --Prov. vii. 11. 3. Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort. [Colloq.] 4. Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors. [Slang] Syn: Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous; turbulent; blustering; vehement.
\Loud\, adv. [AS. hl[=u]de.] With loudness; loudly. To speak loud in public assemblies. --Addison.

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