loud

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

louder

Superlative

loudest

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Comparative

louder

Superlative

loudest

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

louds

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Of great intensity.

   • Turn that music down; it's too loud.
   • What was that? It sounded like a really loud sneeze.
   • Ohls showed the motorcycle officer his badge and we went out on the pier, into a loud fish smell which one night's hard rain hadn't even dented.

2. 2.Noisy.

   • She is loud and stubborn.

3. 3.Not subtle or reserved, brash.

   • Many people, or at least a handful of very loud people, hate to being dubbed Millennial. They see it as derogatory.
   • Some of the loudest blubberers are developers who, having made enormous profits as a result of local, state, and federal subsidies, complain that government doesn't do enough for them.

4. 4.Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.

   • In comparison with the loud Portrait of E.C. Ricart (ill. p. 13) two years earlier, Miró has captured a soft, hushed atmosphere here.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.High-quality marijuana.(slang)

2. 2.A loud sound or part of a sound.(colloquial)

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1. 1.Loudly.

   • Who knocks so loud at door?
   • Money still talks, indeed, thanks in part to the Roberts court, it talks louder than ever. Still, ideas matter too, shaping both how we talk about society and, eventually, what we do.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Uncommon

Antonyms

• soft

Synonyms

• cheap