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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOUD, a. [L. laudo, to praise, and with a prefix, plaudo. Heb.]
1. Having a great sound; high sounding; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as a loud voice; a loud cry; loud thunder.
2. Uttering or making a great noise; as loud instruments. 2 Chronicles 30.
3. Clamorous; noisy.
She is loud and stubborn. Proverbs 7.
4. Emphatical; impressive; as a loud call to avoid danger.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones" [ant: soft]
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy]
3: used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition" [syn: forte, loud] [ant: piano, soft] adv
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"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, loud, aloud] [ant: quietly, softly]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hl?d; akin to Old High German hl?t loud, Latin inclutus famous, Greek klytos, Sanskrit ???oti he hears Date: before 12th century 1. a. marked by intensity or volume of sound b. producing a loud sound 2. clamorous, noisy 3. obtrusive or offensive in appearance or smell ; obnoxious • loud adverb • loudly adverb Synonyms: loud, stentorian, earsplitting, raucous, strident mean marked by intensity or volume of sound. loud applies to any volume above normal and may suggest undue vehemence or obtrusiveness <loud shouts of protest>. stentorian implies great power and range <an actor with a stentorian voice>. earsplitting implies loudness that is physically discomforting <the earsplitting sound of a siren>. raucous implies a loud harsh grating tone, especially of voice, and may suggest rowdiness <the raucous shouts of drunken revelers>. strident implies a rasping discordant but insistent quality, especially of voice <the strident voices of hecklers>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & adv. --adj. 1 a strongly audible, esp. noisily or oppressively so. b able or liable to produce loud sounds (a loud engine). c clamorous, insistent (loud complaints). 2 (of colours, design, etc.) gaudy, obtrusive. 3 (of behaviour) aggressive and noisy. --adv. in a loud manner. Phrases and idioms: loud hailer an electronic device for amplifying the sound of the voice so that it can be heard at a distance. loud-mouth colloq. a loud-mouthed person. loud-mouthed colloq. noisily self-assertive; vociferous. out loud 1 aloud. 2 loudly (laughed out loud). Derivatives: louden v.tr. & intr. loudish adj. loudly adv. loudness n. Etymology: OE hlud f. WG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loud Loud, adv. [AS. hl[=u]de.] With loudness; loudly. To speak loud in public assemblies. --Addison.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loud Loud, a. [Compar. Louder; superl. Loudest.] [OE. loud, lud, AS. hl?d; akin to OS. hl?d, D. luid, OHG. l?t, G. laut, L. -clutus, in inclutus, inclitus, celebrated, renowned, cluere to be called, Gr. ? heard, loud, famous, ? to hear, Skr. ?ru. ?. Cf. Client, Listen, Slave a serf.] 1. Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder. They were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. --Luke xxiii. 23. 2. Clamorous; boisterous. She is loud and stubborn. --Prov. vii. 11. 3. Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort. [Colloq.] 4. Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors. [Slang] Syn: Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous; turbulent; blustering; vehement.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(louder, loudest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If a noise is loud, the level of sound is very high and it can be easily heard. Someone or something that is loud produces a lot of noise. Suddenly there was a loud bang... His voice became harsh and loud... The band was starting to play a fast, loud number. ...amazingly loud discos. ? quiet ADJ • Loud is also an adverb. She wonders whether Paul's hearing is OK because he turns the television up very loud. ADV: ADV after v • loudly His footsteps echoed loudly in the tiled hall. ADV: ADV with v • loudness The students began to enter the classroom and Anna was startled at their loudness. 2. If someone is loud in their support for or criticism of something, they express their opinion very often and in a very strong way. Mr Adams' speech yesterday was very loud in condemnation of the media... Mr Jones received loud support from his local community. ADJ: oft ADJ in n/-ing • loudly Mac talked loudly in favour of the good works done by the Church. ADV: ADV with v 3. If you describe something, especially a piece of clothing, as loud, you dislike it because it has very bright colours or very large, bold patterns which look unpleasant. He liked to shock with his gold chains and loud clothes... = garish ADJ [disapproval] 4. If you tell someone something loud and clear, you are very easily understood, either because your voice is very clear or because you express yourself very clearly. Lisa's voice comes through loud and clear... The message is a powerful one, and I hope it will be heard loud and clear by the tobacco industry. PHRASE: usu PHR after v 5. If you say or read something out loud, you say it or read it so that it can be heard, rather than just thinking it. Even Ford, who seldom smiled, laughed out loud a few times... He began to read out loud. PHRASE: usu PHR after v 6. for crying out loud: see cry

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Resounding, high-sounding, noisy. 2. Deafening, stunning, stentorian. 3. Clamorous, vociferous, boisterous, noisy, obstreperous, tumultuous, turbulent. 4. Vehement, emphatic, positive, emphatical, impressive. 5. Flashy, showy (colloq.). II. ad. Loudly.

Moby Thesaurus

aloud, blaring, blatant, blinding, booming, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, chintzy, clamant, clamorous, coarse, colorful, crass, crude, crying, deafening, demanding, draining, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earsplitting, earthshaking, earthy, exacting, exigent, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, flagrant, flaring, flashy, flaunting, forte, fortemente, fortissimo, full, fulminating, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous, grasping, gross, harsh, hoarse, importunate, in full cry, insistent, instant, intense, jazzy, loud-sounding, loudish, loudly, lurid, lustily, meretricious, noisily, noisy, obnoxious, obscene, obtrusive, offensive, ostentatious, overbright, pealing, penetrating, persistent, pertinacious, piercing, plangent, pressing, pungent, raucous, raw, reeking, resonant, resounding, resoundingly, ribald, ringing, ringingly, roaring, rough, rude, screaming, sensational, shameless, showy, shrieking, snazzy, sonorous, spectacular, splashy, stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, stertorous, strident, tasteless, tawdry, taxing, thundering, thunderous, tinsel, tonitruant, tonitruous, uproariously, urgent, vulgar, window-rattling