loud
1. characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity (Freq. 50)
- a group of loud children
- loud thunder
- her voice was too loud
- loud trombones
• Ant:
soft
• Similar to:
big, blaring, blasting, clarion, deafening,
earsplitting, thunderous, thundery, earthshaking, harsh-voiced, loud-mouthed,
loud-voiced, shattering, shouted, yelled, trumpet-like, vocal
• See Also:
audible, hearable, noisy
• Derivationally related forms:
loudness
• Attrubites:
volume, loudness, intensity
2. tastelessly showy (Freq. 1)
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
• Syn:
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish,
garish, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy
• Similar to:
tasteless
• Derivationally related forms:
trashiness (for: trashy), tawdriness (for: tawdry), tat (for: tatty), tackiness (for: tacky), meretriciousness (for: meretricious), loudness, gaud (for: gaudy), gaudiness (for: gaudy), garishness (for: garish), flashiness (for: flashy), flash (for: flash), cheapness (for: cheap)
3. used chiefly as a direction or description in music
- the forte passages in the composition
• Syn:
forte
• Ant:
piano (for: forte)
• Similar to:
fortemente, fortissimo
• Derivationally related forms:
loudness
with relatively high volume (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
loudly, aloud
• Ant:
softly (for: loudly)
• Derived from adjective:
loud (for: loudly)
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