[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

loud \loud\, adv. as. hl=ude.
   with loudness; loudly.
   1913 webster

         to speak loud in public assemblies.      --addison.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

loud \loud\ loud, a. compar. louder loud"~er; superl.
   loudest. oe. loud, lud, as. hl=ud; akin to os. hl=ud,
   d. luid, ohg. l=ut, g. laut, l. -clutus, in inclutus,
   inclitus, celebrated, renowned, cluere to be called, gr.
   klyto`s heard, loud, famous, kly`ein to hear, skr. ,cru.
   root41. cf. client, listen, slave a serf.
   1. having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy;
      striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud
      thunder.
      1913 webster

            they were instant with loud voices, requiring that
            he might be crucified.                --luke xxiii.
                                                  23.
      1913 webster

   2. clamorous; boisterous.
      1913 webster

            she is loud and stubborn.             --prov. vii.
                                                  11.
      1913 webster

   3. emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united
      effort. colloq.
      1913 webster

   4. ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a
      loud style of dress; loud colors. slang

   syn: noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous;
        turbulent; blustering; vehement.
        1913 webster
see also:
louder loudest client listen slave 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

loud
     adj 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" ant: soft
     2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
        colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
        meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" syn: brassy,
         cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack,
         meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
     3: used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the
        forte passages in the composition" syn: forte ant: piano
     adv : with relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she
           spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for
           those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried
           aloud for help" syn: loudly, aloud ant: softly
see also:
soft brassy cheap flash flashy garish 
gaudy gimcrack meretricious tacky tatty 
tawdry trashy forte piano loudly 
aloud softly 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

113 moby thesaurus words for "loud":
   aloud, blaring, blatant, blinding, booming, brassy, brazen,
   brazenfaced, chintzy, clamant, clamorous, coarse, colorful, crass,
   crude, crying, deafening, demanding, draining, ear-piercing,
   ear-rending, ear-splitting, earsplitting, earthshaking, earthy,
   exacting, exigent, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, flagrant,
   flaring, flashy, flaunting, forte, fortemente, fortissimo, full,
   fulminating, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous, grasping, gross,
   harsh, hoarse, importunate, in full cry, insistent, instant,
   intense, jazzy, loud-sounding, loudish, loudly, lurid, lustily,
   meretricious, noisily, noisy, obnoxious, obscene, obtrusive,
   offensive, ostentatious, overbright, pealing, penetrating,
   persistent, pertinacious, piercing, plangent, pressing, pungent,
   raucous, raw, reeking, resonant, resounding, resoundingly, ribald,
   ringing, ringingly, roaring, rough, rude, screaming, sensational,
   shameless, showy, shrieking, snazzy, sonorous, spectacular,
   splashy, stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, stertorous,
   strident, tasteless, tawdry, taxing, thundering, thunderous,
   tinsel, tonitruant, tonitruous, uproariously, urgent, vulgar,
   window-rattling

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