Skip navigation.

loud - What does it mean?

Definition of 'loud'

English

Alternative forms

* lowd (obsolete)

Adjective

(er)
  • (of a sound) Of great intensity.
  • *
  • |title=(The Celebrity)|chapter=4 |passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
  • Noisy.
  • * Bible, Proverbs vii. 11
  • She is loud and stubborn.
  • Not subtle or reserved, brash.
  • Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
  • Synonyms

    * garish, gaudy

    Antonyms

    * (sound) quiet, soft * (person) quiet

    Derived terms

    * aloud * loudhailer (rel-mid3) * loudly * loudmouth (rel-mid3) * loudness * loudspeaker (rel-bottom)

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • Loudly.
  • Anagrams

    * *

    Similar to 'loud'

    lead, laid, led, lied, lad, lid, load, lewd, laud, leod, leid, lowed, leed, leud, layed, lowd, looed, lued, lawed, loid