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1. Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
   "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"
    
2. Tastelessly showy
   "loud sport shirts";
   - brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
    
3. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music
   "the loud passages in the composition";
   - forte

1. With relatively high volume
   "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him";
   - loudly, aloud

Derived forms: louder, loudest

See also: audible, big, blaring, blasting, clarion, deafening, earsplitting, earthshaking, fortemente, fortissimo, harsh-voiced, hearable, intensity, loud-mouthed, loudness, loud-voiced, mouthy, noisy, shattering, shouted, tasteless, thunderous, thundery, trumpet-like, vocal, volume, yelled

Antonym: soft

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