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loud

[ loud ]

adjective

louder, loudest.
  1. (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity:

    loud talking;

    loud thunder;

    loud whispers.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. making, emitting, or uttering strongly audible sounds:

    a quartet of loud trombones.

  3. clamorous, vociferous, or blatant; noisy:

    a loud party;

    a loud demonstration.

  4. emphatic or insistent:

    to be loud in one's praises;

    a loud denial.

  5. garish, conspicuous, or ostentatious, as colors, dress, or the wearer of garish dress:

    loud ties;

    a loud dresser.

    Synonyms: , ,

  6. obtrusively vulgar, as manners or persons.
  7. strong or offensive in smell.


adverb

  1. in a loud manner; loudly:

    Don't talk so loud.

loud

/ ʊ /

adjective

  1. (of sound) relatively great in volume

    a loud shout

  2. making or able to make sounds of relatively great volume

    a loud voice

  3. clamorous, insistent, and emphatic

    loud protests

  4. (of colours, designs, etc) offensive or obtrusive to look at
  5. characterized by noisy, vulgar, and offensive behaviour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. in a loud manner
  2. out loud
    audibly, as distinct from silently
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzܻԱ, noun
  • ˈdzܻ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • dzܻ· adverb
  • dzܻ·Ա noun
  • ··dzܻ adjective
  • o·ver·dzܻ· adverb
  • un·dzܻ· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of loud1

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English ū; cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon ū ( Dutch luid ), Old High German ū ( German laut ); akin to Greek ó “fdzܲ”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of loud1

Old English hlud; related to Old Swedish ū, German laut
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. 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
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Synonym Study

Loud, noisy describe a strongly audible sound or sounds. Loud means characterized by a full, powerful sound or sounds, which make a strong impression on the organs of hearing: a loud voice, laugh, report. Noisy refers to a series of sounds, and suggests clamor and discordance, or persistence in making loud sounds that are disturbing and annoying: a noisy crowd.
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Example Sentences

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The fact that he works for an international news agency, AFP, makes that message even louder, he believes.

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He then unveiled a trailer for “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” which earned loud applause.

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I was at a funeral of some of the victims of the pagers when there was a loud blast.

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Social media has become this thing where some voices get really loud, and so everybody goes, “Oh, that’s what masculinity is — that’s terrible.”

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The whoops were especially loud for editorial cartoons featuring Sanders and for screen grabs of headlines from across the country as his national profile rose.

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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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