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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOISY
1. Making a loud sound.
2. Clamorous; turbulent; as the noisy crowd.
3. Full of noise.
O leave the noisy town.
Nolens volens, [L.] unwilling or willing; whether he will or not.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog" [ant: quiet]
2: attracting attention by showiness or bright colors; "a noisy sweater"

Merriam Webster's

adjective (noisier; -est) Date: 1693 1. making noise 2. full of or characterized by noise or clamor <a noisy office> 3. noticeably showy, gaudy, or bright ; conspicuous • noisily adverb • noisiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (noisier, noisiest) 1 full of or attended with noise. 2 making or given to making much noise. 3 clamorous, turbulent. 4 (of a colour, garment, etc.) loud, conspicuous. Derivatives: noisily adv. noisiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Noisy Nois"y, a. [Compar. Noisier; superl. Noisiest.] [From Noise.] 1. Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd. 2. Full of noise. ``The noisy town.'' --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(noisier, noisiest) 1. A noisy person or thing makes a lot of loud or unpleasant noise. ...my noisy old typewriter... His daughter was very active and noisy in the mornings. ? quiet ADJ • noisily The students on the grass bank cheered noisily... She sat by the window, noisily gulping her morning coffee. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj 2. A noisy place is full of a lot of loud or unpleasant noise. It's a noisy place with film clips showing constantly on one of the cafe's giant screens... The baggage hall was crowded and noisy... ? quiet, peaceful ADJ 3. If you describe someone as noisy, you are critical of them for trying to attract attention to their views by frequently and forcefully discussing them. ...the noisy and unpopular fringe groups that are attempting to change the culture of their society. = strident ADJ [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Clamorous, boisterous, turbulent, vociferous, obstreperous, blatant, brawling, blustering, uproarious, tumultuous, riotous, loud. 2. Full of noise, clamorous, boisterous, tumultuous.

Moby Thesaurus

bawling, blaring, blasting, blatant, blatting, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boanergean, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, bullying, cacophonic, cacophonous, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clarion, clattery, crying, deafening, discordant, dissonant, ear-splitting, grating, harsh, hectoring, jarring, loud, loudmouthed, mafficking, noiseful, obstreperous, openmouthed, piercing, rackety, raging, ranting, raving, resounding, riotous, rip-roaring, roistering, roisterous, rollicking, rowdy, screaming, shouting, shrill, sonorous, storming, strepitant, strepitous, strident, swaggering, swashbuckling, swashing, thunderous, tumultuous, turbulent, unmusical, uproarious, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping