Loud

/ˈlaʊ̯d/ · adjective

Meaning

(of a sound) Of great intensity..

Definitions by Sense

1. (of a sound) Of great intensity.
2. (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
3. (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
4. (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
5. (of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.
6. (colloquial) A loud sound or part of a sound.
7. (slang, uncountable) High-quality marijuana.
8. Loudly.

Example Sentences

Turn that music down; it's too loud.

What was that? It sounded like a really loud sneeze.

Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.

a loud party that went on all night

She is loud and stubborn.

Some of the loudest blubberers are developers who, having made enormous profits as a result of local, state, and federal subsidies, complain that government doesn't do enough for them.

a loud style of dress; loud colors

In comparison with the loud Portrait of E.C. Ricart (ill. p. 13) two years earlier, Miró has captured a soft, hushed atmosphere here.

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• louder
• loudest
• lowd
• louds

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