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loud

  [loud] 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.

    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
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

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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Idioms & Phrases

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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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