loud
/laʊd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [loud] Show IPA adjective, -er, -est, adverb
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–adjective
1. (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
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.
6. obtrusively vulgar, as manners or persons.
7. strong or offensive in smell.
–adverb
8. in a loud manner; loudly: Don't talk so loud.
—Idiom
9. out loud, aloud; audibly: I thought it, but I never said it out loud. Just whisper, don't speak out loud.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE hlūd; c. OFris, OS hlūd (D luid), OHG hlūt (G laut); akin to Gk klytós famous
Related forms:
loudly, adverb
loudness, noun
Synonyms:
1. resounding; deafening; stentorian. 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. 5. gaudy, flashy, showy.
Antonyms:
1. quiet.
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loud (loud)
adj. loud·er, loud·est
1. Characterized by high volume and intensity. Used of sound.
2. Producing sound of high volume and intensity.
3. Clamorous and insistent: loud denials.
4.
1. Having offensively bright colors: a loud necktie.
2. Having an offensively strong odor.
3. Offensive in manner.
adv. louder, loudest
In a loud manner.
[Middle English, from Old English hlūd; see kleu- in Indo-European roots.]
loud'ly adv., loud'ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean marked by or producing great volume and often disagreeable intensity of sound: loud trumpets; earsplitting shrieks; stentorian tones; strident, screeching brakes. See Also Synonyms at gaudy1.
Antonym: soft
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loud (adj.)
O.E. hlud "making noise, sonorous," from W.Gmc. *khluthaz "heard" (cf. O.Fris. hlud, M.Du. luut, Du. luid, O.H.G. hlut, Ger. laut "loud"), from PIE pp. *klutos- (cf. Skt. srutah, Gk. klytos "heard of, celebrated," Arm. lu "known," Welsh clod "praise"), from base *kleu- "to hear" (see listen). The adv. is from O.E. hlude, from P.Gmc. *khludai. Application to colors first recorded 1849. Loudmouth (n.) first recorded 1934. Loudspeaker is from 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : loud
Spanish: alto,
German: laut,
Japanese: 音の大きい
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loud
In addition to the idioms beginning with loud, also see actions speak louder than words; big (loud) mouth; for crying out loud; out loud; think aloud; (loud enough) to wake the dead.
my point is that he probably smells bad, too.
and sorry if a couple hundred bucks is a lot of money to you dingus, i know the economy is bad and all...i'm thinking i'll be spending more $ this weekend than i have in my AL career, no joke.
