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loudish Definition


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loud
adj louder, loudest
    1. Making a relatively great sound; noisy.
      Thesaurus: blaring, deafening, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, resounding, raucous, stentorian, noisy, vocal, strident.
    2. Capable of making a relatively great sound.
      Example: a loud horn
    3. Emphatic and insistent.
      Example: loud complaints
    4. Said disparagingly of colours, clothes, designs, etc: tastelessly bright, garish or gaudy.
      Thesaurus: flashy, brazen, ostentatious, showy, tawdry.
    5. Said of someone or their behaviour: aggressively noisy and coarse.
adverb
    1. In a loud manner.
Derivative: loudish
adj
    Derivative: loudly
    adverb
      Derivative: loudness
      noun
        Idiom: loud and clear
          Usually said of the quality of transmitted messages: easily heard and understood.
        Idiom: out loud
          Said of something someone says: having the capacity of being heard by others.
            Example: expressed her contempt out loud
        Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hlud.



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