[
US
/ˈɫaʊd/
]
[ UK /lˈaʊd/ ]
[ UK /lˈaʊd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(used chiefly as a direction or description in music) loud; with force
the forte passages in the composition -
tastelessly showy
loud sport shirts
tawdry ornaments
a flashy ring
a flash car
a meretricious yet stylish book
garish colors
a gaudy costume -
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
loud trombones
loud thunder
her voice was too loud
a group of loud children
ADVERB
-
with relatively high volume
cried aloud for help
he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him
the band played loudly
she spoke loudly and angrily
How To Use loud In A Sentence
- By recording the spectra of several distant quasars whose light pierces the Milky Way, the spacecraft revealed some 50 ultraviolet-absorbing gas clouds around our galaxy.
- Sony Pictures Animation has a full slate of films including the mouth-watering 3D comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which opened as the #1 movie in North America on September 18, Hotel Transylvania, now in pre-production and, in association with Columbia Pictures, The Smurfs, now in production. Anton Yelchin and Fred Armisen Join The Smurfs | /Film
- The storm was cloaked like a hidden monster behind a stratiform cloud veil (nimbostratus) with a little fractus in the foreground.
- Air in free fall does not convect, which means that everything that heats up has to be cooled by fans; the space shuttle is LOUD inside. 8/4/08: Launch Pad, day 5
- I think it drives the kids crazy because I sing very loudly and off key.
- When they are captured, they will often loudly proclaim their innocence.
- The water gurgled and purled, loudly at first, then softly, as a powerful foot-wide whirlpool took shape.
- All was coloured with admiration of his beauty and grace, and mingled with boundless pity for their sad overclouding and defeature! Thomas Wingfold, Curate
- She nearly gasped out loud at this insult.
- The forecasts have been asking us to watch out for thunderclouds and thundershowers for a long while now.
