loud

Pronunciation

• enPR: loud, IPA ^(key): /laʊd/
• SAMPA: /laUd/

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Adjective

Positive loud

Comparative louder

Superlative loudest

1. If a sound is loud, you can hear it very easily. If it's very loud, it might hurt your ears.
   • Antonyms: quiet and soft

   Can you turn down the music, please? It's too loud.

2. If a person is loud, they talk too much or too loudly.

   After he has a few beers he gets really loud.

3. If colours, clothes, or other things you see are loud, they have too many bright colours or patterns and they don't look good.