loud
- (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- making, emitting, or uttering strongly audible sounds: a quartet of loud trombones.
- clamorous, vociferous, or blatant; noisy: a loud party; a loud demonstration.
- emphatic or insistent: to be loud in one's praises; a loud denial.
- garish, conspicuous, or ostentatious, as colors, dress, or the wearer of garish dress: loud ties; a loud dresser.
- obtrusively vulgar, as manners or persons.
- strong or offensive in smell.
- in a loud manner; loudly: Don't talk so loud.
- out loud, aloud; audibly: I thought it, but I never said it out loud. Just whisper, don't speak out loud.
Origin of loud
Synonyms for loud
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Related Words for loudly
powerfully, aloud, emphatically, noisily, vehemently, vociferously, obstreperously, cheaply, fully, obtrusively, ostentatiously, rudely, resounding, shrilly, articulately, blatantly, conspicuously, deafeningly, garishly, gaudilyExamples from the Web for loudly
Contemporary Examples of loudly
Priests often preach support for the regime to their congregations, many of whom loudly dissent.
In One Corner of Syria, Christmas Spirit Somehow Manages to SurvivePeter Schwartzstein
December 25, 2014
Her new friends jump to her defense and loudly tell the clerk to back off.
“The fact that the left reacted so loudly” told him it was working, Jindal said.
They compared outfits, loudly greeted friends, tapped on their iPhones.
The Drama of Being a Model: Spike Jonze and Jonah Hill Land in Fashion WeekAllison McNearney
September 8, 2014
Now they stripped down and loudly, laughingly dove into the cooling water.
Historical Examples of loudly
They were all fighting away, and shouting angrily and loudly.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
"No," she said again, this time speaking so loudly that she startled herself.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
What did it mean by beginning to tick so loudly all of a sudden?
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
A mere "No," shouted never so loudly, would not have met the needs of the case.
American NotesRudyard Kipling
It was wide open, and she rapped on it loudly, and then turned her back.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
loud
- (of sound) relatively great in volumea loud shout
- making or able to make sounds of relatively great volumea loud voice
- clamorous, insistent, and emphaticloud protests
- (of colours, designs, etc) offensive or obtrusive to look at
- characterized by noisy, vulgar, and offensive behaviour
- in a loud manner
- out loud audibly, as distinct from silently
Word Origin for loud
Word Origin and History for loudly
loud
Old English hlud "noisy, making noise, sonorous," from West Germanic *khluthaz "heard" (cf. Old Frisian and Old Saxon hlud, Middle Dutch luut, Dutch luid, Old High German hlut, German laut "loud"), from PIE past participle *klutos- (cf. Sanskrit srutah, Greek klytos "heard of, celebrated," Armenian lu "known," Welsh clod "praise"), from root *kleu- "to hear" (see listen).
Application to colors first recorded 1849. The adverb is from Old English hlude, from Proto-Germanic *khludai (cf. Dutch luid, German laut). Paired with clear since at least c.1650.
Idioms and Phrases with loudly
loud
In addition to the idioms beginning with loud
- loud and clear
- loud mouth
also see:
- actions speak louder than words
- big (loud) mouth
- for crying out loud
- out loud
- think aloud
- (loud enough) to wake the dead