noisy
Americanadjective
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noisier,
comparative
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noisiest
superlative
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making much noise.
noisy children.
- Synonyms:
- vociferous, uproarious, tumultuous, clamorous
- Antonyms:
- quiet
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abounding in or full of noise.
a noisy assembly hall.
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characterized by much noise.
a noisy celebration; a noisy protest.
adjective
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making a loud or constant noise
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full of or characterized by noise
Synonym Usage
See loud.
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Etymology
Origin of noisy
Explanation
Anything noisy is loud. Your noisy party probably won't go over too well with your downstairs neighbors — especially if it's late on a Tuesday night and they have a sleeping baby. Something that makes loud sounds or is generally rowdy and boisterous can be called noisy. A noisy bar is a harder place to have a conversation than a quiet restaurant, but a noisy dance party tends to me much more fun than a solemn tea party with your cranky grandparents. Before there was noisy, around the late 1600s, the adjective was noiseful. Curiously, experts guess that the Latin root of noisy and noise is nausea, "seasickness."
Vocabulary lists containing noisy
Example Sentences
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After several hours of noisy confrontation, the Orthodox protesters left, with plans to fight their battle again next Saturday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Cadres seem to think this approach boasts the twin virtues of being relatively easy to execute and potentially shutting up the noisy foreign economists who keep arguing for a Keynesian spending boost for the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Hopefully, if we give them a reason to shout and sing, Argentinians are Latin people - we make noise and we love supporting our teams. Hopefully it'll be a noisy crowd."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But the more overloaded their minds become, the more they pine for a hands-on task—ideally one so noisy that nothing can interrupt their precious solitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
They had two sets of twin boys, so things were always noisy and messy whenever they were around.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
"Some of the noisier gigs, some of the punk gigs, he's not so keen on," Roberts said.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The satellite measurements also revealed wave-like accelerations and rapidly shifting flow structures that could have been difficult to detect in noisier datasets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
It becomes noisier, more error-prone, and easier to distrust.
From Slate ● May 3, 2026
The debate about how to measure and forecast economic conditions, including productivity, is about to get a lot noisier as hearings on Warsh’s nomination loom.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Wednesday morning the courtroom was noisier, hotter, and more crowded than ever.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
Pollen and Isherwood’s resolution to export gave the navy of the other noisiest champion—the U.S.—the opportunity to pirate them too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
“The ruling mutes the noisiest channel of tariff risk, but it does not end the story. It removes the air-raid siren, not the arsenal.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 22, 2026
The one I find really grating is the traffic noise from Dhaka, Bangladesh, which has the title of the noisiest city in the world.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
Where “Doc” takes place on the quieter floors of a big city hospital, “The Pitt” — shot with peripatetic handheld cameras — is set in its noisiest part, the emergency room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
They never would have been given the banking business if Eisman, their noisiest analyst, had not been willing to say nice things about them.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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