loud

(adjective, adverb)

adjective

1. characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

- a group of loud children

- loud thunder

- her voice was too loud

Similar word(s): audible, hearable, big, blaring, blasting, clarion, deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery, earthshaking, shattering, shouted, yelled, vocal, noisy

2. tastelessly showy; flashy.

- loud sport shirts

Similar word(s): tasteless, brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

3. (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) loud; with force

Similar word(s): fortemente, fortissimo, forte

Sentences with loud as an adjective:

- Turn that music down; it's too loud.

- a loud party that went on all night

- a loud style of dress;

adverb

1. with relatively high volume

- the band played loudly

- she spoke loudly and angrily

- he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him

Similar word(s): aloud, loudly