adjective, -er, -est, adverb | 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. |
| 8. | in a loud manner; loudly: Don't talk so loud. |
| 9. | out loud, aloud; audibly: I thought it, but I never said it out loud. Just whisper, don't speak out loud. |

loud (loud) adj. loud·er, loud·est
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. |
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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.