ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Loudsome

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Loudsome is an adjective meaning (chiefly poetic) Characterised or marked by loudness; noisy.

Meaning

(chiefly poetic) Characterised or marked by loudness; noisy.

Example Sentences

The next day, Andrew Fergus noted that “Eight scouts went down as far as B's woodyard & 7 of us kept camp quiet loudsome [sic].”
A happy man is the base ball star, / Who has good eyes and whose foot is fleet: / It's luck he isn't driving a car / Through the loudsome smells of a crosstown street.
But from his frequent dreams, / whether he tumbles with wet women, / rude and loudsome and joyous, / or walks strait through the door left ajar into the severed light, [...]

Synonyms for loudsome

Depending on context, synonyms include ruckusy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include loud, hugeous, noisy, clamorous, clamoursome, sonorous.

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