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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Loud \Loud\, adv. [AS. hl[=u]de.]
     With loudness; loudly.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To speak loud in public assemblies.      --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Loud \Loud\ (loud), a. [Compar. Louder (loud"[~e]r); superl.
     Loudest.] [OE. loud, lud, AS. hl[=u]d; akin to OS. hl[=u]d,
     D. luid, OHG. l[=u]t, G. laut, L. -clutus, in inclutus,
     inclitus, celebrated, renowned, cluere to be called, Gr.
     klyto`s heard, loud, famous, kly`ein to hear, Skr. [,c]ru.
     [root]41. Cf. Client, Listen, Slave a serf.]
     1. Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy;
        striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud
        thunder.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They were instant with loud voices, requiring that
              he might be crucified.                --Luke xxiii.
                                                    23.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Clamorous; boisterous.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              She is loud and stubborn.             --Prov. vii.
                                                    11.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united
        effort. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a
        loud style of dress; loud colors. [Slang]
  
     Syn: Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous;
          turbulent; blustering; vehement.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Loud \Loud\, adv. [AS. hl[=u]de.]
     With loudness; loudly.
  
           To speak loud in public assemblies.      --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Loud \Loud\, a. [Compar. Louder; superl. Loudest.] [OE.
     loud, lud, AS. hl?d; akin to OS. hl?d, D. luid, OHG. l?t, G.
     laut, L. -clutus, in inclutus, inclitus, celebrated,
     renowned, cluere to be called, Gr. ? heard, loud, famous, ?
     to hear, Skr. ?ru. ?. Cf. Client, Listen, Slave a
     serf.]
     1. Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy;
        striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud
        thunder.
  
              They were instant with loud voices, requiring that
              he might be crucified.                --Luke xxiii.
                                                    23.
  
     2. Clamorous; boisterous.
  
              She is loud and stubborn.             --Prov. vii.
                                                    11.
  
     3. Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united
        effort. [Colloq.]
  
     4. Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a
        loud style of dress; loud colors. [Slang]
  
     Syn: Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous;
          turbulent; blustering; vehement.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  loud
       adj 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" [ant: soft]
       2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
          colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
          meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy,
           cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack,
           meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy]
       3: used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the
          forte passages in the composition" [syn: forte] [ant: piano]
       adv : 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" [syn: loudly, aloud] [ant: softly]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  loud
     Αγγλικά a.
     ηχηρός, φωναχτός, μεγαλόφωνος, στεντόρειος, βροντόφωνος
     Αγγλικά adv.
     δυνατά

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  loud
     Middle English a.
     1 (l enm loud Loud), noisy; producing much sound.
     2 (lb enm rare) audible; detectable by hearing.
     3 (lb enm rare) obvious; easily detectable or discernible.
     Middle English alt.
     1 (l enm loud Loud), noisy; producing much sound.
     2 (lb enm rare) audible; detectable by hearing.
     3 (lb enm rare) obvious; easily detectable or discernible.
     Middle English adv.
     (alternative form of enm loude t=loudly id=loudly)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Loud
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (surname: en).
     2 # (clipping of en McLoud): (surname en from=Scottish Gaelic).
     3 ## (alternative form of en McLeod, McLouth)
     4 A placename
     5 # (ellipsis of en River Loud)
     6 # (ellipsis of en Loud Township)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  loud
     a.
     1 (lb en of a sound) Of great intensity.
     2 (lb en of a person, thing, event, etc.) noisy.
     3 (lb en of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
     4 (lb en of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and
  tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
     n.
     (lb en colloquial) A loud sound or part of a sound.
     adv.
     loudly.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Loud
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (surname: en).
     2 # (clipping of en McLoud): (surname en from=Scottish Gaelic).
     3 ## (alternative form of en McLeod, McLouth)
     4 A placename
     5 # (ellipsis of en River Loud)
     6 # (ellipsis of en Loud Township)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  loud
     Middle English a.
     1 (l enm loud Loud), noisy; producing much sound.
     2 (lb enm rare) audible; detectable by hearing.
     3 (lb enm rare) obvious; easily detectable or discernible.
     Middle English alt.
     1 (l enm loud Loud), noisy; producing much sound.
     2 (lb enm rare) audible; detectable by hearing.
     3 (lb enm rare) obvious; easily detectable or discernible.
     Middle English adv.
     (alternative form of enm loude t=loudly id=loudly)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Loud
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (surname: en).
     2 # (clipping of en McLoud): (surname en from=Scottish Gaelic).
     3 ## (alternative form of en McLeod, McLouth)
     4 A placename
     5 # (ellipsis of en River Loud)
     6 # (ellipsis of en Loud Township)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  loud
     Middle English a.
     1 (l enm loud Loud), noisy; producing much sound.
     2 (lb enm rare) audible; detectable by hearing.
     3 (lb enm rare) obvious; easily detectable or discernible.
     Middle English alt.
     1 (l enm loud Loud), noisy; producing much sound.
     2 (lb enm rare) audible; detectable by hearing.
     3 (lb enm rare) obvious; easily detectable or discernible.
     Middle English adv.
     (alternative form of enm loude t=loudly id=loudly)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Loud
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (surname: en).
     2 # (clipping of en McLoud): (surname en from=Scottish Gaelic).
     3 ## (alternative form of en McLeod, McLouth)
     4 A placename
     5 # (ellipsis of en River Loud)
     6 # (ellipsis of en Loud Township)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  loud
     Englanti a.
     äänekäs, kovaääninen; meluisa
     Englanti adv.
     äänekkäästi, lujaa, kovaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  loud
     Engelska a.
     med starkt ljud; högljudd

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/
  hard

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Loud /lˈaʊd/
  عالي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  loud //laʊd// 
  1. шумен
  noisy
  2. крещящ
  of a colour, clothing, etc.
  3. гръ́мък
  of a sound

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/ 
  křiklavý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/ 
  hlasitý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/
  hlasitě

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/ 
  hlučný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/
  laut 
        "loud and clear"  - laut und deutlich
   see: louder, loudest, Speak up!, Louder!
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/
  laut, grell 
           Note: Farbe

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/
  
  βροντερός, ηχηρός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  loud //laʊd// 
  1. kovaääninen, äänekäs
  noisy
  2. räikeä
  of a colour, clothing, etc.
  3. äänekäs, kova, luja, voimakas, voimakkuinen
  of a sound

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  loud /laud/
  haut, fort, sonore

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/ 
  1. ऊँचे स्वर वाला
        "Loud noise. Loud music."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/
  bučan, glasan, glasno, naglas

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/
  1. hangosan
  2. lármás
  3. hangos
  4. rikító színû
  5. feltûnô

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  loud //laʊd// 
  1. 騒々しい, 喧しい, 囂しい, 姦しい, 煩い, 騒がしい
  noisy
  2. けばけばしい, どぎつい, 毒々しい, 派手
  of a colour, clothing, etc.
  3. 騒々しい, 喧しい, 大声, 煩い, 音が大きい
  of a sound

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  loud /laʋd/
  1. garsus, skardus, rėksmingas, triukšmingas
  2. ryškus, akį rėžiantis
  3. garsiai

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  loud /laud/
  hard, luid

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  loud /laʊd/
  I.   1.  głośny
   2.  hałaśliwy (in - co do)
   3.  krzyczący
  II.   1.  głośno
   2.  out loud (:out :loud)
   - na głos

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  loud /laud/
  alto, forte

From English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-rus ]

  loud /laud/
  громкий

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  loud /laud/
  alto

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  loud //laʊd// 
  1. ljudlig, hög
  noisy
  2. hög
  of a sound

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  loud /lˈaʊd/
  1. yüksek (ses)
  2. gürültülü, patırtılı
  3. mübalağacı
  4. çok parlak (renk)
  5. kaba, inceliği olmayan
  6. yüksek sesle, gürültü ile. loudmouthed  ağzı kalabalık. loudspeaker  hoparlör, sesi yükseltme aleti. loudvoiced  yüksek sesli. loudly  yüksek sesle
  7. gürültüyle. loudness  gürültü
  8. ses yüksekliği. out loud normal konuşma sesi ile, sesli.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɫaʊd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "loud":
     aloud, blaring, blatant, blinding, booming, brassy, brazen,
     brazenfaced, chintzy, clamant, clamorous, coarse, colorful, crass,
     crude, crying, deafening, demanding, draining, ear-piercing,
     ear-rending, ear-splitting, earsplitting, earthshaking, earthy,
     exacting, exigent, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, flagrant,
     flaring, flashy, flaunting, forte, fortemente, fortissimo, full,
     fulminating, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous, grasping, gross,
     harsh, hoarse, importunate, in full cry, insistent, instant,
     intense, jazzy, loud-sounding, loudish, loudly, lurid, lustily,
     meretricious, noisily, noisy, obnoxious, obscene, obtrusive,
     offensive, ostentatious, overbright, pealing, penetrating,
     persistent, pertinacious, piercing, plangent, pressing, pungent,
     raucous, raw, reeking, resonant, resounding, resoundingly, ribald,
     ringing, ringingly, roaring, rough, rude, screaming, sensational,
     shameless, showy, shrieking, snazzy, sonorous, spectacular,
     splashy, stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, stertorous,
     strident, tasteless, tawdry, taxing, thundering, thunderous,
     tinsel, tonitruant, tonitruous, uproariously, urgent, vulgar,
     window-rattling
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 大声的,不断的,喧吵的;
  ad. 高声地,大声地;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 大声的,响亮的;吵闹的,喧嚣的;俗艳的,过分花哨的

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