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Loud

Definition: Loud

Loud

Adjective

1. Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones".

2. Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments".

3. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition".

Adverb

1. With relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "loud" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Loud

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A sound is described as loud if it is high in volume (amplitude, or acoustic energy). By extension, a person who emits noise (with the voice or otherwise) either loudly or a lot of the time can be described as loud. Whether this is an insult or a compliment is a matter of personal preference: some people self-describe as "loud" while many others consider loud people to be intensely irritating.

See also bel, sone.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Loud."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Loud

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
LOLEnglishLaugh out loudComputing

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Loud

Synonyms: brassy (adj), cheap (adj), flash (adj), flashy (adj), forte (adj), garish (adj), gaudy (adj), gimcrack (adj), meretricious (adj), tacky (adj), tatty (adj), tawdry (adj), trashy (adj), aloud (adv), loudly (adv). (additional references)
Antonyms: piano (adj), soft (adj), softly (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Loud

English words defined with "loud": loud noise. (references)
Specialty definitions using "loud": Acquaintance, Azazilbang/banged, BARGAIN, Bring it down to a twoCarmelite, Cock-crow, consistently responsive cell, constriction of blood vesselsDeputy, digestive spasm, dilatation of the pupilsEar Protective Devices, equivalent sound intensity levelfive by fiveGalligantus, G-Ride, grind crankHallelujah VictoryI read you fiveJOSEPHKook, kookylmao, lol, Loud as Tom of Lincoln, Loud Patterns, loudness levelmuscle tensor tympaniNeonatal Abstinence SyndromePeace, Pelides, PERICLESrate of heart beat, Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, respiration rate, Rodolpho, Roland, ROTFLOL, Running too hotSong of Roland, sonic bang, Stentorophonic Voice, subband encoding, supersonic bang, supersonic boomtroglodyte modeveeblefetzerWinds. (references)
Etymologies containing "loud": Wailment. (references)

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Modern Usage: Loud

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Knowing is the easy part; saying it out loud is the hard part (The Horse Whisperer; writing credit: Eric Roth and Richard LaGravenese. Based on the novel by Nicholas Evans.)

The dwarf breathes so loud, we could have shot him in the dark (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

For crying out loud, Roger (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price)

I also brought some extra loud blanks just in case (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Got, that's loud. My ear canals are very sensitive (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft)

Lyrics

Let's get loud, let's get loud (Let's Get Loud; performing artist: JENNIFER LOPEZ)

Bustin' it loud to the crowd (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

I wish I could scream out loud (Don't Turn Around; performing artist: Ace Of Base)

Loud and clear they stake my claim (Every Heartbeat; performing artist: Amy Grant)

I'm cryin' out loud (Losing Grip; performing artist: AVRIL LAVIGNE)

Clever

Has Leadership Qualities: Is tall or has a loud voice. (references; author: unknown)

Your actions speak so loud that I can't hear what you're saying. (references; author: unknown)

You are an engineer if you are aware that computers are actually only good for playing games, but are afraid to say it out loud. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

For Crimin' Out Loud (1956)

Dreaming Out Loud (1940)

Torchy's Loud Spooker (1933)

The Loud Mouth (1932)

For Cryin' Out Loud! (1926)

Song Titles

LET'S GET LOUD (performing artist: JENNIFER LOPEZ)

Don't Cry Out Loud (performing artist: Melissa Manchester)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Loud

DomainTitle

Books

  • Living Out Loud (reference)

  • The Best in Tent Camping New England: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate Rvs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (The Best in Tent Camping) (reference)

  • Whispering Loud and Clear (reference)

  • You Are Not Your Own: Living Loud for God (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

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Image Slideshow: Loud

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Photo Album: Loud

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Speaks to another ship via electric megaphone (or "loud hailer") from the bridge of his flagship, USS Phoenix (CL-46), during the pre-landing bombardment of Corregidor, 15 February 1945. The original caption identifies the ship being spoken to as HMAS Australia, which was not present. It may refer to HMAS Shropshire, whose appearance was similar to that of Australia. Credit: NAVY.

Hope he said it loud enough for others to hear. Credit: Library of Congress.

Students, university faculty, Norman and Oklahoma city townspeople surge around cars which were to be the hub of Friday's demonstration--Center car had loud speaker unit. Credit: Library of Congress.

Loud speaker unit, near Brattleboro, Vermont. Credit: Library of Congress.

Training high school boys to identify planes. If he makes the right contact, this student of Newark's Weequahic High School will hear a loud "buzz." Matching plane names with silhouettes is part of the aviation course offered young people at this school. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Loud".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Loud chirping of a group of crickets and cicadas.Loud and boisterous pigs.
Loud bell ring.Mallet percussion sounds played by a machine with a loud motor.
Loud sneeze.A loud percussion sound.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Loud

AuthorQuotation

Benjamin Franklin

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy.

Emile Zola

I am an artist… I am here to live out loud.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody.

John Selden

To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.

Lord Chesterfield

Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.

Oliver Goldsmith

The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

William Blake

My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, like a fiend hid in a cloud.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Loud

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

But the people, so often as it joined them, saw on their hindquarters the old feudal coats of arms, and deserted with loud and irreverent laughter. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Loud

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

This was too loud a call for a compliment to be passed by, and Mr. Weston, with a very good grace, immediately exclaimed,

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

Here he turned to the crowd and addressed them in a loud voice

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The little one uttered loud cries

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

There was an instant of dead silence and then the loud crack of a pandybat on the last desk

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions

Neil Gaiman

Benjamin Lassiter was coming to the unavoidable conclusion that the woman who had written A Walking Tour of the British Coastline, the book he was carrying in his backpack, had never been on a walking tour of any kind, and would probably not recognize the British coastline if it were to dance through her bedroom at the head of a marching band, singing 'I'm the British Coastline' in a loud and cheerful voice while accompanying itself on the kazoo

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Her footsteps were loud and careless on the leaves as she went through the brush

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

And therefore when he was again about to move, I screamed as loud as fear could make me.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

I am no more lonely than the loon in the pond that laughs so loud, or than Walden Pond itself

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Loud

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Reacts to loud sounds. (references)

Becomes scared by a loud voice. (references)

Is awakened by loud voices and sounds. (references)

Business

Shoes produced of python, crocodile, lizard or snake leather (or imitation), as well those made in very loud and intense colors, are enjoying a great demand currently. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

Other methods used are forced prolonged standing, isolation, loud music, witnessing or hearing incidents of torture, being driven to the countryside for a mock execution, and threats to detainees or their family members. (references)

Greece

Amnesty International called on the authorities to conduct an impartial investigation into allegations made by Andreas Kalamiotis, a 21-year-old Rom, who claimed that he was beaten and mistreated by police in July while in custody for disturbing neighbors in Aghia Paraskevi with loud music. (references)

United Arab Emirates

The Code of Conduct also lists prohibited behavior, including prohibitions against wearing swimwear in streets or other public places; against men and women being alone in public places or at suspicious times and in suspicious circumstances if they are not connected by a "legally acceptable" relationship; against publicly bothering others or disturbing the peace with acts of vulgarity or loud noise; and against publicly engaging in acts of harassment that violate public decency. (references)

Minorities

Mexico

Adventists in Tapachula were accused of playing loud music in front of Catholic churches while Mass was being conducted, allegedly infringing upon the rights of their neighbors to unimpeded worship. (references)

Travel

South Africa

Loud sports jackets and slacks are rarely seen at work. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and an intricate system of cobwebs extending from his nose to his desk. When accidentally struck by the janitor's broom, he gives off a cloud of dust. "Chief Deputy," the Master cried, "To-day the books are to be tried By experts and accountants who Have been commissioned to go through Our office here, to see if we Have stolen injudiciously. Please have the proper entries made, The proper balances displayed, Conforming to the whole amount Of cash on hand -- which they will count. I've long admired your punctual way -- Here at the break and close of day, Confronting in your chair the crowd Of business men, whose voices loud And gestures violent you quell By some mysterious, calm spell -- Some magic lurking in your look That brings the noisiest to book And spreads a holy and profound Tranquillity o'er all around. So orderly all's done that they Who came to draw remain to pay. But now the time demands, at last, That you employ your genius vast In energies more active. Rise And shake the lightnings from your eyes; Inspire your underlings, and fling Your spirit into everything!" The Master's hand here dealt a whack Upon the Deputy's bent back, When straightway to the floor there fell A shrunken globe, a rattling shell A blackened, withered, eyeless head! The man had been a twelvemonth dead. Jamrach Holobom

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Loud

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Angelina Jolie

I loved it. It was really good for me. It's really good for me to jump around and get crazy and get loud because it calms me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Loud

"Loud" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 52.26% of the time. "Loud" is used about 1,613 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)52.26%8438,344
Adjective (general or positive)47.68%7698,941
Unclassified Items0.06%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,613N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Loud

The following table summarizes the usage of "loud" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
LoudLast name40019,077
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Loud

Expressions using "loud": call loud for crying out loud give a loud laugh in a loud voice loud applause loud chatter loud noise loud pedal loud ringing loud speaker loud voice Mc Loud out loud raise a loud protest read loud and clear say smth. loud and clear say smth. out loud speak so loud with a loud report. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "loud": loud-hailer, loud-mouth, loud-mouthed, loud-mouthing, loud-mouths, loud-shirts-and-checked-trousers, loud-speaker, loud-speaker, loud-speakers, loud-voiced.

Ending with "loud": over-loud.

Containing "loud": two-loud-speaker.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Loud

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

loud

346

get jennifer let lopez loud

15

love out loud

115

loud lucy

14

flatts loud love lyrics rascal

89

life loud

14

loud record

67

loud mufflers

13

get let loud

63

say it loud

13

loud speaker

61

loud exhaust

13

loud love lyrics

57

loud pipe

12

laugh out loud

52

loud pipe saloon

11

loud alarm clock

40

loud whistle

11

loud orgasm

34

loud music

11

loud sex

34

dispatch loud lyrics

10

lance loud

28

laugh loud.com

10

stomp out loud

25

for crying out loud

10

live loud

21

loud yahoo

10

loud family

19

alternative female folk loud modern nwez

9

flatts loud love rascal

19

i loud love love

9

loud rock

19

loud orgasms

9

get let loud lyrics

18

firework loud

9

living out loud

17

loud much

8
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Modern Translation: Loud

Language Translations for "loud"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

hard. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

vulgare (harsh), me zë të lartë (aloud, in a loud voice, loudly, pipy), kërkues (applicant, beseeching, exacting, exactor, invocatory, particular, petitioner, postulant, prospector, searcher, solicitor, suitor, tracer), i zhurmshëm (clamorous, knock about, loudmouthed, obstreperous, roaring, robustious, roistering, rumbustious, tumultuary, tumultuous, uproarious, vocal, vociferous), i lartë zë, fort (aloud, deeply, greatly, hard, strong, strongly, tight, tightly, too, very, very much, violently, well). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

رفيع (high, thin), ‏مسرف (extravagant, improvident, intemperate, ladle, lavish, prodigal, profligate, profuse, thriftless, towering, ultra, wanton, wasteful), ‏مرتفعا (aloft), ‏مدو (thundering, thunderous, vibrant), ‏حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), ‏عال (advanced, steep, taunt), ‏ضاج (obstreperous, rackety, raucous, uproarious), ‏صاخب (boisterous, discordant, furious, gusty, loudmouthed, obstreperous, rackety, randy, rattling, raucous, riotous, rip roaring, roistering, saturnine, shrill, staring, tempestuous, termagant, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous), ‏صارخ (blatant, crying, flamboyant, fortissimo, garish, gaudy, jarring, lurid, noisy, outrageous, rank, sharp, showy, staring, trumpery, violent), ‏جهوري (orotund, soniferous, sonorous, stentorian, strong), ‏بضوضاء. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ярък (blazing, bright, clear, flaming, flashy, garish, gaudy, gay, glaring, glowing, gutty, harsh, high-colored, high-coloured, hot, jazz, jazzy, live, lucid, lurid, noisy, picturesque, refulgent, relucent, round, showy, staring, violent, vivid, zizzi), силно (audibly, fast, hard, heavily, high, highly, loudly, mightily, slap, slap bang, sorely, strongly, thick, vigorously), силен (acute, athletic, beefy, emphatic, energetic, flush, forceful, forcible, foul-mouthed, full, generous, hard, heavy, high, intense, invulnerable, iron, lusty, main, male, mighty, muscled, muscular, nappy, nervous, nervy, perishing, pithy, potent, powerful, rattling, robust, short, shrewd, smacking, smart, sounding, stark, stiff, strong, sturdy, swingeing, telling, tenacious, thumping, thundering, torrid, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous), шумен (barbaric, bustling, clamorous, knockabout, loudmouthed, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, rackety, rambunctious, raucous, resounding, roaring, robustious, roistering, rollicking, rough and tumble, rowdy, rumbustious, slam-bang, slaphappy, smacking, tumultuary, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious), креслив (loudmouthed, pipy, scrannel, squeaky), крещящ (blatant, clamant, dashing, flamboyant, flaring, flashy, garish, glaring, howling, jazz, meretricious, noisy, obvious, screaming, screamy, showy, sporty, tinsel, trumpery, vociferous, zizzi), гръмък, гръмко, гръмогласен (loudmouthed, openmouthed, roaring, sidesplitting, vociferous), вулгарен (caddish, coarse, common, doggish, gross, gutter, low, low-minded, raffish, raw, scurrilous, underbred, unedifying, vulgar), високо (aloft, aloud, high, highly, loftily, loudly, out, sharp), висок (altisonant, altitude, elevated, eminent, formal, heavy, high, high pitched, lank, large, lofty, long, soaring, strapping), просташки (blatant, caddish, jazz, jumped-up, low-minded, oafish, ornery, philistine, raffish, rank, rough, rude, savage, swinish, tasteless, underbred, unrefined, vulgar), противен (abhorrent, abominable, adverse, bastard, contrary, cross, disagreeable, foul, fulsome, ghastly, gross, horrid, mucky, nameless, nasty, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, opposing, pestilential, rebarbative, repugnant, repulsive, scarlet, sickening, sickly, sorry, sour, squalid, swinish, ugly, unattractive, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, vexatious, vile, villainous). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

alt (high, lofty, tall). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(to make a sound, to ring, to sound), 高聲 (aloud, loudly), 大聲 (loudly), 大声 (Aloud, Louder, Loudest, loudness), . (various references)

   

Czech

  

hlasitý (load, lusty, strident, vocal). (various references)

   

Danish

  

høj (high, lofty, tall). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

luid (aloud, loudly), hard (bleak, fast, hard, implacable, quickly, relentless, severe, strict, swiftly). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

laŭta. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پرصدا (Sonorous, Uproarious, Vociferous), پرجلوه (Gaily, Pretentious, Resplendent, Showy), مشهور (Famous, Grand, Historic, Name, Putative, Reputable, Reputed), گوش خراش (Strident), زرق وبرق دار (Flamboyant, Gaudy, Gorgeous, Showy, Tawdry, Tinsel), رسا (Adequate, Audible, Expressive, Stentorian), بلنداوا, باصدای بلند (Aloud). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

äänekäs (noisy). (various references)

   

French

  

sonore, fort (loudly). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

lûd (sound, voice, vote, vowel). (various references)

   

German

  

laut (according to, aloud, brash, flashy, loudly, loudmouthed, lusty, noisily, noisy, rowdy, sound, tone, unquiet, uproarious). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στεντόρειοσ (stentorian), βροντερός (stentorian, thunderous), μεγαλόφωνοσ (clamorous, vociferant), ηχηρός (resonant, sonorous), τρανταχτόσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

קול י (noisy, voiceferous), בקול רם (aloud, loudly), רם קול. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

lármás (blustery, boisterous, clamorous, hue and cry, noisy, obstreperous, rackety, rambunctious, rattling, robustic, robustious, rowdy, rumbustious, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious, vocal, vociferous), hangosan (aloud, in a loud voice, loudly), hangos (ballyho, boisterous, clamorous, high-sounding, noisy, obstreperous, robustic, robustious, vociferous). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menggempita (be noisy), keras (crusty, hard, heady, keen, killing, rigorous, severe, strict, stringent, tang, wicked), gempita (booming, noisy, thundering), banter (fast, hastily). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vistoso (blatant, catchy, considerable, dashing, flashy, garish, gaudy, gorgeous, important, large, meretricious, noisy, showy, tawdry, trumpery), sonoro (orotund, plangent, resonant, ringing, sonorous, voiced), sgargiante (gaudy, showy), secondo (according, according to, after, aloud, as, by, in accordance with, latter, noisy, per, sec, second, sound, tick, under, unquiet), rumoroso (blatant, clamant, noisy, obstreperous, plangent, rackety, Randy, spoffish), fragoroso, forte (aloud, big, brawny, deep, Doughty, fast, fastness, forceful, Fort, forte, hard, hardly, heavy, hefty, high, hot, keen, living, loudly, mighty, nervous, nervy, potent, puissant, racy, robust, rugged, severe, short, shrewd, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, vigorous), alto (deep, height, high, lofty, noble, overhead, tall, up, wide), ad alta voce (aloud, loudly). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

高高と (high), 高らか (ringing, sonorous), 煩い (agony, fussy, noisy, vexation, worry), "月蝿い (fussy, noisy), 派手 (flashy, gaudy, gay, showy), けい秀"家 (clamorous, distinction, noisy, piercing, shrill, wild, woman painter). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たからか (ringing, sonorous), たか かと (high), うるさい (fussy, noisy), けたたましい (clamorous, noisy, piercing, shrill, wild), はで (flashy, gaudy, gay, showy). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

큰 소리로 (Louder, Loudest). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tharmaneagh (noisy, rushing, rustling, tumultuous), kiaullaneagh (bell-like, blatant, clamorous, hectoring, loud-mouthed, orchestral, randy, robustious, roistering, squealing, stormy, strident; roisterer, vociferous), ard (big, compass point, direction, district, fell, height, high, high place, incline, pole, region, tall, towering). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

skrikende (clamorous), høy (hay, high, lofty, tall). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oudlay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

alto (aloud, altisonant, bump, elevated, great, height, high, high-flown, hightoned, lofty, loudly, rangy, screaming, screamy, stand-up, stop, tall, top). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

zgomotos (bacchanal, blusterous, boisterous, clamant, clamorous, noisily, noisy, obstreperous, rampageous, Randy, rattling, resoundingly, riotous, robustious, roisterer, rowdy, rumbustious, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous, wanton), tare (adamant, adamantine, badly, crusty, deeply, double, durable, fast, fierce, firm, firmly, greatly, hard, hollow, intense, intensely, lasting, leathery, loudly, mighty, potent, powerful, rigid, robust, rocky, solid, spanking, stalwart, steady, stiff, stout, strong, strongly, sturdy, to the echo, tough, unflinching, unflinchingly, vehement, vigorous, violent), strident (clangorous, grating, harsh, high, shrill, strident, stridently), sonor (canorous, deep-toned, echoing, orotund, resonant, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, soft, sonorous, sonorously, sound, vocal, voiced, voiceful), rãsunãtor (celebrated, clangorous, famous, great, orotund, resonant, resounding, rich, ringing, sonorous, thundering, thunderous, to the echo), puternic (acute, ardent, authoritative, biting, catchy, drastic, exquisite, fierce, flush, forceful, forcible, forcibly, great, hard, heavily, heavy, high, important, intense, intensely, intensive, leonine, lusty, marrowy, mighty, muscular, nervous, nervy, pithy, potent, powerful, pronounced, resistant, robust, rough, rude, searching, severe, sinewy, solid, stark, stout, strapping, strong, tough, towering, vigorous, violent, virulent), plin de zgomot (noisy), pãtrunzãtor (acute, astute, clear, clear-sighted, comprehensive, deep, deeply, discerning, harsh, high pitched, in-going, keen, Parky, penetrating, perspicacious, piercing, quick, rich, sagacious, screaming, searching, sharp, shrewd, shrill, strident, subtle, thrilling, touching), metalic (metallic, wiry), gãlãgios (blatant, blustering, brawler, clamant, clamorous, noisy, rampageous, Randy, rattling, rioter, riotous, rip roaring, roisterer, rowdy, unruly, vociferous), cu voce tare (aloud), ţipãtor (blatant, crude, crying, flash, flashy, flaunty, garish, gaudy, glaring, gross, harsh, hot, jazzily, noisy, painty, peeper, screaming, showy, shrill, staring, strident, tawdry, tinsel, violent). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

громкий (altisonant, fullmouthed, high-sounding, horse-laugh, loudmouthed, sonorous, sounding, vociferous). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

deileann. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zvučan (clear, resonant, ringing, sonant, soniferous, sonorous, tonic, tuning, voiced), smeh (laugh, laughter), hučan (plangent), grohotan (sidesplitting), grohot, glasno (avowedly, loudly, viva voce, voice: in a loud voice), glasan (noisy), drečav (flaring, garish, gaudy, tacky), bučno (loudly), bučan (boisterous, clamorous, earsplitting, noisy, obstreperous, plangent, rambunctious, roistering, rumbustious, tin-pan, tumultuary, tumultuous, uproarious, vocal, vociferous). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ruidoso (blatant, noisy, obstreperous, rackety, rowdy, rumbustious, vocal, wheezy), alto (aloud, alto, contralto, contralto voice, halt, high, lofty, long, standstill, stop, tall, upper, upward). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ljudlig (resounding), högt (aloud, heavily, high, loudly, out, right, sorely, way). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

malakás (strong, vigorous). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เน้น, อย่างเสียง"ัง (loudly), "ัง. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yüksek sesle (aloud, declamatory, loudly, out), yüksek (above, acro-, buoyant, Clarion, elevated, exalted, high, highrise, hyper-, lofty, over, penetrating, penetrative, spheric, stately, superior, tall), parlak (aglow, ardent, bright, brightly, brilliant, clear, dazzling, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, flaring, flashily, flashy, fulgent, fulgurant, glace, glittering, glossy, glowing, gorgeous, illuminant, incandescent, irradiant, jazzy, lambent, live, lively, lucent, luminescent, luminous, lustrous, meteoric, oriental, polished, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny, sleek, sparkling, splendent, splendid, star, staring, starry, sunny, vivid), kaba (abrupt, barbarous, base, bearish, boorish, brusque, brutal, brutish, churlish, clodhopping, coarse, coarse grained, common, crass, crude, discourteous, disobliging, disrespectful, doric, foul, graceless, gross, gruff, gutter, hard-hitting, harsh, heavy, hobnailed, hoggish, ill bred, ill mannered, impolite, incondite, indelicate, inelegant, loutish, offhand, offhanded, ornery, puffy, rank, rough, rough-hewn, roughly, rude, rugged, rustic, short-spoken, splay, swinish, tactless, unceremonious, unchivalrous, uncivil, uncomplaisant, uncomplimentary, uncouth, underbred, unfinished, ungainly, ungalant, ungentle, ungentlemanlike, ungentlemanly, ungraceful, ungracious, unmannerly, unparliamentary, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar), gürültüyle (loudly, noisily, smash), gürültülü (clamant, clamorous, clangorous, disorderly, hilarious, hurly burly, jazz, knockabout, noisy, rackety, rambunctious, riotous, roaring, robustious, rumbustious, thundering, tumultuary, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

юowhunly (noisy, sensational), зasly (great). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сильно (aloud, amain, bitterly, deep, deeply, hard, high, nervously, powerfully, severely, sound, strongly, sturdily, violently, widely), шумний (clamant, clamorous, hilarious, noiseful, noisy, obstreperous, open mouthed, oral, rackety, roaring, shrill, slap bang, tumultuary, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous), кричущий (calling, clamant, crying, howling, noisy, rampageous, showy), гучно (aloud, bang, bigly, loudly, noisily, vocally), гучний (altisonant, big, boffo, deep-mouthed, exclamatory, orotund, reverberating, spoken, vocal, wild). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

to (beamy, big, heavy, sizable, sizeable, swingeing, vastly, voluminous), kịch liệt sặc sỡ, ầm ĩ (loudly, roaring, robustious, rumbustious). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

llafar (speech, utterance, vocal), soniarus (melodious, tuneful), croch (vehement), ban (arm, branch, corner, lofty, part of line, peak, quarter, stanza, verse). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Loud

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

clara, clare, clarissimus, clarius, praeclarior. (various references)

Old English450-1100

hlud. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Loud

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 21, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOi de ocloi oi proagonteV kai oi akolouqounteV ekrazon legonteV wsanna tw uiw dabid euloghmenoV o ercomenoV en onomati kuriou wsanna en toiV uyistoiV
Latin405VulgateTurbae autem quae praecedebant et quae sequebantur clamabant dicentes osanna Filio David benedictus qui venturus est in nomine Domini osanna in altissimis
Old English990West Saxonþæt folc þe þær be-fore ferde. & þæt þeþær-æfter ferde clypeden & cwæðen. hal syoþu dauiðes sune. Syo ge-bletseð seþe comon drihtenes naman. Syo hym hal on hahnessum.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd the puple that wente bifore, and that sueden, crieden, and seiden, Osanna to the sone of Dauid; blessid is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Osanna in hiy thingis.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleMoreover the people that went before and they also that came after cryed sayinge: Hosanna to ye sonne of David. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lorde Hosanna in the hyest.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Loud

LanguageMatthew Chapter 21, Verse 9
CebuanoUg ang mga panon sa katawhan nga nanag-una ug nanagsunod kaniya, nanagsinggit nga nag-ingon, "Hosanna sa Anak ni David! Dalaygon ang ang nagaanhi sa ngalan sa Ginoo! Hosanna sa kahitas-an!"
CroatianMnoštvo pak pred njim i za njim klicaše: "Hosana Sinu Davidovu! Blagoslovljen Onaj koji dolazi u ime Gospodnje! Hosana u visinama!"
DanishMen Skarerne, som gik foran ham og fulgte efter, råbte og sagde: "Hosanna Davids Søn! velsignet være den, som kommer, i Herrens Navn! Hosanna i det højeste!"
DutchEn de scharen, die voorgingen en die volgden, riepen, zeggende: Hosanna den Zone Davids! Gezegend is Hij, Die komt in den Naam des Heeren! Hosanna in de hoogste hemelen!
FinnishJa kansanjoukot, jotka kulkivat hänen edellään ja jotka seurasivat, huusivat sanoen: "Hoosianna Daavidin pojalle! Siunattu olkoon hän, joka tulee Herran nimeen. Hoosianna korkeuksissa!"
FrenchCeux qui précédaient et ceux qui suivaient Jésus criaient: Hosanna au Fils de David! Béni soit celui qui vient au nom du Seigneur! Hosanna dans les lieux très hauts!
GermanDas Volk aber, das vorging und nachfolgte, schrie und sprach: Hosianna dem Sohn Davids! Gelobt sei, der da kommt in dem Namen des HERRN! Hosianna in der Höhe!
Haitian CreoleNi foul moun ki t'ap mache devan Jezi a, ni moun ki t'ap mache dèyè l' yo, yo tout t'ap rele: Lwanj pou Pitit David la! Benediksyon pou Moun ki vini nan non Mèt la. Lwanj pou Bondye jouk anwo nan syèl la!
HungarianAz elõtte és utána menõ sokaság pedig kiált vala, mondván: Hozsánna a Dávid fiának! Áldott, a ki jõ az Úrnak nevében! Hozsánna a magasságban!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariOrang banyak yang berjalan di depan dan di belakang Yesus berseru-seru, "Hidup Anak Daud! Diberkatilah Dia yang datang atas nama Tuhan! Pujilah Allah Yang Mahatinggi!"
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka orang banyak yang berjalan di hadapan dan yang mengikut itu pun bersorak-soraklah, katanya, "Hosanna bagi Anak Daud, mubaraklah Ia yang datang dengan nama Tuhan, Hosanna di tempat yang Mahatinggi."
Manx GaelicAs deie yn pobble hie roish, as adsyn haink ny yei, gra, Hosanna gys mac Ghavid: bannit t'eshyn ta cheet ayns ennym y Chiarn, Hosanna ayns yn yrjid.
MaoriKo nga mano i haere i mua, me te hunga i haere i muri, kei te karanga, kei te mea, Ohana ki te Tama a Rawiri: Ka whakapaingia tenei e haere mai nei i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki; Ohana i runga rawa.
Norwegianog folket som gikk foran og fulgte efter, ropte: Hosianna Davids sønn! Velsignet være han som kommer i Herrens navn! Hosianna i det høieste!
PortugueseE as multidões, tanto as que o precediam como as que o seguiam, clamavam, dizendo: Hosana ao Filho de Davi! bendito o que vem em nome do Senhor! Hosana nas alturas!   
RumanianNoroadele cari mergeau knaintea lui Isus wi cele ce veneau kn urmq, strigau: ,,Osana Fiul lui David! Binecuvkntat este Cel ce vine kn Numele Domnului! Osana kn cerurile prea knalte!``
RussianОБТП" ЦЕ, ТЕ"ЫЕУФЧПЧБЧЫЙК Й УП ТПЧПЦ"БЧЫЙК, ЧПУЛМЙ"БМ: ПУБООБ уЩОХ дБЧЙ"ПЧХ! 'МБЗПУМПЧЕО зТС"ХЭЙК ЧП ЙНС зПУ П"ОЕ! ПУБООБ Ч ЧЩЫОЙИ!
ShuarShuar Untsurí eem wearmia nusha tura uku winiarmia nusha kakantar untsumiarmiayi. "Juna weatri uunt akupin Tawit asamtai nankaamakuiti. Yusa Náariin winiana ju ii Uuntrinti. Shiir Atí. Nayaimpinmasha Yus shiir awajsatai." Tu untsumiarmiayi.
SpanishLas multitudes que iban delante de él y las que le seguían aclamaban diciendo: --¡Hosanna al Hijo de David! ¡Bendito el que viene en el nombre del Señor! ¡Hosanna en las alturas!
SwahiliMakundi ya watu waliomtangulia na wale waliomfuata wakapaaza sauti: "Hosana Mwana wa Daudi! Abarikiwe huyo ajaye kwa jina la Bwana! Hosana Mungu juu mbinguni!"
SwedishOch folket, både de som gingo före honom och de som följde efter, ropade och sade: "Hosianna Davids son! Välsignad vare han som kommer*, i Herrens namn. Hosianna i höjden!"
UmaWori' tauna mpotuku' -i, ria-ra to meri'ulu, ria wo'o-ra to hi boko'. Ntora mogora-ra mpo'uli': Une' -imi muli Magau' Daud!" Pue' Ala mpogane' Magau' to tumai mpokeni hanga' -na!" Une' -imi Pue' Ala to hi rala suruga!"

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Loud

Derivations

Words beginning with "loud": louden, loudened, loudening, loudens, louder, loudest, loudish, loudlier, loudliest, loudly, loudmouth, loudmouthed, loudmouths, loudness, loudnesses, loudspeaker, loudspeakers. (additional references)

Words ending with "loud": aloud, becloud, cloud, overcloud, overloud, thundercloud, uncloud. (additional references)

Words containing "loud": beclouded, beclouding, beclouds, cloudberries, cloudberry, cloudburst, cloudbursts, clouded, cloudier, cloudiest, cloudily, cloudiness, cloudinesses, clouding, cloudland, cloudlands, cloudless, cloudlessly, cloudlessness, cloudlessnesses, cloudlet, cloudlets, clouds, cloudscape, cloudscapes, cloudy, overclouded, overclouding, overclouds, thunderclouds, unclouded, uncloudedly, unclouding, unclouds. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Loud" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bloud, floud, leud, leudy, liudi, Llhuyd, loada, lod, lodd, lofu, loid, lood, loqui, lotd, lou, Loua, loub, loude, loudy, loue, louf, loug, louh, Loum, loun, lound, Lourd, louv, Loux, louz, loxu, loyd, lud, Ludu, luoc, luog, Luoi, luow, luu, lyudi, olup, oodu, oud, ploud, sloud, youd. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Loud"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "loud" (pronounced lou"d)
3l ou" dallowed, aloud, cloud, disallowed, ploughed, plowed.
2-ou" davowed, bowed, browed, cowed, crowd, disavowed, endowed, enshroud, proud, shroud, sowed, Stroud, vowed, wowed.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Loud

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-l-o-u"

-1 letter: dol, duo, old, oud, udo.

-2 letters: do, lo, od.

 Words containing the letters "d-l-o-u"
 

+1 letter: aloud, cloud, could, mould, would.