loud
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
loud/laʊd/
▶adjective
- 1 producing or capable of producing much noise.
- 2 strong in expression: loud protests.
■ obtrusive; gaudy.
– phrases
out loud audibly.
out loud audibly.
– derivatives
louden verb,
loudly adverb,
loudness noun.
louden verb,
loudly adverb,
loudness noun.
– origin OE hlūd, of W. Gmc origin; from an Indo-Eur. root meaning ‘hear’.
'loud' also found in these Oxford entries:
anything
- babbler
- bang
- banger
- bawl
- beatbox
- bellbird
- bellow
- belly laugh
- belter
- blare
- blast
- blatant
- bluster
- boom
- brassy
- bray
- bumblebee
- cackle
- cicada
- clack
- clamour
- clang
- clank
- clarion
- clash
- clatter
- crash
- crow
- crump
- crunch
- cry
- deafen
- die
- din
- ear-piercing
- ear-splitting
- fire alarm
- firecracker
- foghorn
- forte
- forte piano
- fortissimo
- grunt
- hard rock
- hee-haw
- holler
- hoot
- horse laugh
- howl
