# loud

Pronunciation: say "LOWD" /laʊd/

## Adjective

1. Making or marked by a great deal of sound; of high volume or intensity.
   - Simple: Making a lot of sound, not quiet.
   - _The factory floor was too loud for normal conversation._
   - _A loud argument broke out between the neighbors._
3. Not subtle or reserved in manner; brash and attention-seeking.
   - Simple: Acting in a bold, showy way that is not quiet or shy.
   - _Her loud personality dominated every meeting she attended._
   - _Even in a short email, his loud, self-promoting personality came through._
4. Marked by unpleasantly bright or clashing colors or patterns; gaudy.
   - Simple: Too bright or colorful in a way that looks tasteless.
   - _He wore a loud Hawaiian shirt to the somber gathering._
   - _The lobby's loud wallpaper combined orange swirls with purple stripes._
7. Describing marijuana as being of high or premium quality; by extension, giving off a strong, pungent smell that shows such quality. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Of weed: very good or top quality, sometimes with a strong smell that shows it is good.
   - _Customers pay extra for loud bud they can smell through the bag._
   - _The shop's new strain is loud, with a sharp smell that fills the room the moment the jar opens._

## Adverb

2. With a great deal of volume or noise; at high volume.
   - Simple: In a way that makes a lot of noise.
   - _Don't talk so loud in the library._
   - _Turn the radio up loud so we can hear the game from the yard._

## Noun

5. The drug marijuana itself, when of high quality, especially a potent and strong-smelling variety. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Strong, high-quality marijuana.
   - _She paid extra for loud you could smell through the bag._
   - _The dealer reserved the loud for his regular customers._
6. A noise of high volume, or the louder portion of a sound. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A very noisy sound, or the noisy part of a sound.
   - _Instead of flattening the mix, the engineer kept the gap between the loud and the soft, so the chorus still hit hard._
   - _A good compressor tames the louds without burying the softs._

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3–7** — From Middle English loude, from Old English hlūd ("loud, noisy, sonorous"), going back through Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz ("heard") to the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlew- ("to hear"). It is related to German laut, Dutch luid, and Latin inclutus ("famous").
**Meaning 2** — Proto-Germanic *hlūda gave Old English hlūde ("loudly"), which became Middle English loude. It is related to the first origin of the word.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/loud (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).