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Loud

adjective

(compar. louder; superl. loudest)

1.

Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity. "Loud thunder" , "Her voice was too loud" , "Loud trombones"

2.

Tastelessly showy. Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy. "A flashy ring" , "Garish colors" , "A gaudy costume" , "Loud sport shirts" , "A meretricious yet stylish book" , "Tawdry ornaments"

3.

Used chiefly as a direction or description in music. Synonym: forte.

adverb

1.

With relatively high volume. Synonyms: aloud, 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"

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"Loud" Quotes from Famous Books

... made their appearance,—vulgar and arrogant people, with huge whiskers and enormous watch-chains, who gesticulated vehemently, and were on most excellent terms with the servants. They were closeted with the count; and their discussions were so loud, they could be heard all over ...

— The Clique of Gold • Emile Gaboriau

... and Fanny sitting on a knoll, in the merriest conversation;—that is to say, Fanny was thus talking. Young ladies always begin to converse very loud when visitors arrive—for what reason has not yet been discovered. Verty's absent look in the direction of Fanny's face might very well have been considered ...

— The Last of the Foresters • John Esten Cooke

... Thrilled all those women; and with eager speed They hasted to go forth without the wall Mail-clad, afire to battle for their town And people: all their spirit was aflame. As when within a hive, when winter-tide Is over and gone, loud hum the swarming bees What time they make them ready forth to fare To bright flower-pastures, and no more endure To linger therewithin, but each to other Crieth the challenge-cry to sally forth; Even so bestirred themselves the women of Troy, And kindled each her sister to the ...

— The Fall of Troy • Smyrnaeus Quintus

... once, 'O! it is much more respectable to be grave and look wise.' 'He has reversed the Pythagorean discipline, by being first talkative, and then silent. He reverses the course of Nature too: he was first the gay butterfly, and then the creeping worm.' Johnson laughed loud and long at this expansion and illustration of what he ...

— The Life Of Johnson, Volume 3 of 6 • Boswell

... unexpected shout, and hurried to the front room to call her mistress. Instead of remembering to keep Tom's presence a secret, she whispered loud enough for ...

— Polly's Business Venture • Lillian Elizabeth Roy

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