Loud Definition

loud
louder, loudest
adjective
louder, loudest
Characterized by high volume and intensity. Used of sound.
A loud whistle.
American Heritage
Striking with force on the organs of hearing; strongly audible.
Webster's New World
Making a sound or sounds of great intensity.
A loud bell.
Webster's New World
Noisy.
Webster's New World
Clamorous; emphatic; insistent.
Loud denials.
Webster's New World
adverb
In a loud manner.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun
Wiktionary
idiom
out loud
  • with the normal voice; not silently; aloud
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Loud

Adjective

Base Form:
loud
Comparative:
louder
Superlative:
loudest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Loud

Origin of Loud

  • From Middle English loud, lud, from Old English hlÅ«d (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous"), from Proto-Germanic *hlūþaz (“heard"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear"). Akin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud"), West Frisian lûd (“loud"), Dutch luid (“loud"), Low German lud (“loud"), German laut (“loud"), Irish clú (“repute"), Welsh clywed (“heard"), clod (“praise"), Latin inclutus (“famous"), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός (klútós, “famous"), Albanian quaj (“to name, call"), shquar (“famous, notorious"), Old Armenian Õ¬Õ¸Ö‚ (lu, “the act of hearing"), Old Church Slavonic слава (slava, “glory"), слово (slovo, “word"), Sanskrit श्रव (Å›ráva, “glory"). More at listen.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English hlūd kleu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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