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Loud

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Adjective

1. loud

characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

Example Sentences:
'a group of loud children'
'loud thunder'
'her voice was too loud'
'loud trombones'

2. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

tastelessly showy

Example Sentences:
'a flash car'
'a flashy ring'
'garish colors'
'a gaudy costume'
'loud sport shirts'
'a meretricious yet stylish book'
'tawdry ornaments'

3. forte, loud

used chiefly as a direction or description in music

Example Sentences:
'the forte passages in the composition'

Adverb

4. aloud, loud, loudly

with relatively high volume

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Loud

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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
adverb
6. 
in a loud manner
7.  out loud

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Loud

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adjective
1. 
striking with force on the organs of hearing; strongly audible
said of sound
2. 
making a sound or sounds of great intensity
a loud bell
3. 
noisy
4. 
clamorous; emphatic; insistent
loud denials
5.  Informal
too vivid; flashy
6.  Informal
unrefined; vulgar
7.  Dialectal
strong or offensive, as in smell
adverb
8. 
in a loud manner

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Loud

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adj. loud·er, loud·est
1. Characterized by high volume and intensity. Used of sound: a loud whistle.
2. Producing sound of high volume and intensity: a loud construction work site.
3. Clamorous and insistent: loud denials.
4.
a. Having strikingly bright colors: a loud necktie. See garish.
b. Having a very strong or overpowering odor.
adv. louder, loudest
In a loud manner.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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