noisy

[ noi-zee ]

/ ˈnɔɪ zi /

adjective, nois·i·er, nois·i·est.

making much noise: noisy children.

abounding in or full of noise: a noisy assembly hall.

characterized by much noise: a noisy celebration; a noisy protest.

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Origin of noisy

First recorded in 1685–95; noise + -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR noisy

1 clamorous, tumultuous, uproarious; vociferous. See loud.

ANTONYMS FOR noisy

1 quiet.

OTHER WORDS FROM noisy

nois·i·ly, adverbnois·i·ness, nounun·nois·i·ly, adverbun·nois·y, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH noisy

noisome noisy

Words nearby noisy

noisenik, noiseproof, noisette, noisette rose, noisome, noisy, noisy miner, nokyo, nol-pros, nol. pros., nolan

Example sentences from the Web for noisier

Other, noisier critics damned these moves as “leading from behind.”
Hats Off to Tom Donilon|Leslie H. Gelb|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet that is what many of the noisier elements of the conservative movement suggested.
Why the GOP's Struggle with Latinos?|Justin Green|November 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I began to wish that nature had bestowed upon me a noisier temperament.
Paul Kelver|Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome
The current there was swifter, noisier, as though exultant in the success of the scheme the river all along had proposed.
The Covered Wagon|Emerson Hough

At dinner, it being the first night afloat, the champagne corks began to pop, and the conversation to grow noisier and noisier.
Tell England|Ernest Raymond
It was very pleasant in the garden, for the noisier children had not found it out.
Miss Muffet's Christmas Party|Samuel McChord Crothers
The politicians were now silenced; but a noisier and more troublesome body had still to be reckoned with.
Claverhouse|Mowbray Morris

British Dictionary definitions for noisier

noisy

/ (ˈnɔɪzɪ) /

adjective noisier or noisiest

making a loud or constant noise

full of or characterized by noise

Derived forms of noisy

noisily, adverbnoisiness, noun

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noisy

adjective, nois·i·er, nois·i·est.

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Origin of noisy

SYNONYMS FOR noisy

ANTONYMS FOR noisy

OTHER WORDS FROM noisy

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH noisy

Words nearby noisy

Words related to noisier

Example sentences from the Web for noisier

British Dictionary definitions for noisier

adjective noisier or noisiest

Derived forms of noisy