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loud meaning

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  • Loud may refer to:
  • Loudness, the subjective quality of sound of great intensity
  • Loud (TV series), a TV show on Canada's MuchMusic/A TV channel owned by CTVglobemedia
  • Loud Mine, a gold mine in White County, Georgia
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  • AdjectiveCOMlouderCOMmore loudSUPloudestSUPmost loud
    1. (of a sound) Of great intensity.
      1. Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
    2. (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
      1. (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
        1. (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
          1. a loud style of dress;  loud colors ‎
      2. AdverbCOMlouderCOMmore loudSUPloudestSUPmost loud
        1. Loudly.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • It’s bravura stuff, even as it strikes only a single loud note of brilliance: an hour in, Dolan’s chargingly naked approach leaves him with little to reveal.
            • Perhaps that’s why the first and title song of “Some Loud Thunder” is distorted to become nearly unlistenable, and the next track, “Emily Jean Stock,” is wrecked by overmodulated drums.
            • His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.
          2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • Her sister always got the nicest things because she screamed loudest.
            • Could you back off the volume a bit? It's really loud.

        Meaning of loud for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "loud" is an adjective. It's also an adverb.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Adjectives
            • Adverbs
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