loud
Of great intensity.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of great intensity.
“Turn that music down; it's too loud.”
Noisy.
“a loud party that went on all night”
Not subtle or reserved, brash.
Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
“a loud style of dress; loud colors”
Noun 1 meaning
A loud sound or part of a sound.
Adverb 1 meaning
Loudly.
Etymology
From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen.
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LOUD at a glance
LOUD has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (L 1 + O 1 + U 1 + D 2) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,780 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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