Meaning

5 senses
  1. Of great intensity.

    Turn that music down; it's too loud.

    What was that? It sounded like a really loud sneeze.

    characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

  2. (usually)Noisy.

    a loud party that went on all night

    laut

    гро́мкийgrómkij, шу́мныйšúmnyj

    шу́мнийšúmnyj, гучни́йhučnýj

  3. (usually)Not subtle or reserved, brash.

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

    a loud style of dress; loud colors

    grell

    крича́щийkričáščij

  5. (slang)High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.

Examples

1028 sentences
  1. I'm just thinking out loud here.

    Я просто думаю вголос.

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  2. Tom read the poem out loud.

    Том прочитав вірш уголос.

    ruТом прочитал стихотворение вслух.

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  3. Tom said I was too loud.

    Том сказав, що я занадто галасливий.

    ruТом сказал, что я слишком шумный.

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  4. You don't have to talk so loud.

    Не треба так голосно говорити.

    ruНе нужно говорить так громко.

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  5. Tom didn't have to speak so loud.

    Том не мусив говорити так гучно.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
of a sound:
noisy:
Русский
By meaning 3
of a sound:
noisy:
of a colour, clothing, etc.:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of a sound:
of a colour, clothing, etc.:

Origin

From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonor

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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Forms

louder, loudest
Comparativelouder Lesson
Superlativeloudest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

24 synonyms
of clothing, etc:gaudyB2garish
Close in meaning

Antonyms

9 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a loud voice
  • talk so loud
  • laughed out loud
  • loud noise
  • heard a loud
  • as loud as
  • loud voice
  • a little louder
  • snores louder than
  • is too loud
  • speak louder
  • a loud noise

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
loud — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto