loudness
Americannoun
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exceptional volume or intensity of sound; the fact or quality of being strongly audible.
From the hallway they could hear his voice enter the conversation, with an abrupt loudness that made them exchange glances.
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the fact or characteristic of making, emitting, or uttering a strongly audible sound.
Pressing a harpsichord key harder or softer had no effect on the instrument's loudness.
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clamorous, vociferous, or blatant character; noisiness.
This student movement against school uniforms has taken on a tendency toward obnoxious loudness.
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emphatic or insistent quality.
The loudness of protests by some members of the G7 resulted in the clause being dropped from the convention.
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garish, conspicuous, or ostentatious quality, as of colors, dress, or the person wearing them.
A certain loudness in the colors and cut of his clothing was tempered by natural taste.
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obtrusive or vulgar character, as of a person or their behavior.
Their flushed faces and general loudness of manner were proof that they had been drinking.
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"You measure the joke by the number of groans and the loudness of the groans around the table," Ms Harris says.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
Even though consumer complaints plummeted, the FCC said in recent years the commission had received thousands of complaints from viewers who remained “frustrated by the loudness of television commercials.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025
Mitchell’s John contends with that loudness and insistent inhumanity without having previous exposure to it online or on his mobile phone, which is the same Nokia Lucy gifted him 20 years ago.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025
The sounds were kept at a moderate volume of 65 decibels—about the same loudness as a conversation in a bar or city traffic—and they couldn’t be heard by the parent birds.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024
The difference is the relative loudness of all the different harmonics compared to each other.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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