loudadj.
/laʊd/, U.S. /laʊd/ 1.
a. Of sounds or voices: Strongly audible; making a powerful impression on the sense of hearing. Hence, with agent-noun: That (speaks, sings, etc.) with a loud voice.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective]
loud971
stithc1000
strongOE
greata1375
stiff1377
wrastc1400
boistousc1430
stourc1440
big1549
routing1567
thundering?1576
full-mouthed1594
thunderous1606
tonitruous1606
thundery1608
trump-like1609
full-mouth1624
voluminousa1635
rousing1640
altisonous1661
lusty1672
tonitrual1693
rending1719
trumpet-like1814
foudroyant1840
clarion1842
trumpeting1850
trumpet-toned1851
loudish1860
tonitruant1861
tonant1891
thunderful1898
high1923
wham-bam1960
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > loud or resonant
loud971
highlyOE
stithc1000
strongOE
steepc1275
stiff1377
strengthfula1382
gross1398
stentorious15..
open-mouthed?1533
wildc1550
preclare?1553
strainable1569
trolling1581
main1582
wide-mouthed1589
full-mouthed1594
wide-mouth?c1599
stentorian1606
trump-like1609
stentorophonic1678
strenuous1680
open-mouth1702
stentorial1754
stentoronic1762
full-throated1820
trumpety1822
Stentor1837
971 Blickl. Hom. 15 He þa cleopode hluddre stefne.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 89 Þo þe after him comen remden lude stefne Osanna filio dauid.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 157 Makeð noise & lud drem to schawen hare oreȝel.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 5 Þat playd wes stif & starc & strong Sum hwile softe & lud among.
13.. Sir Beues 3129 (MS. A.) Iosian..spak to hire wiþ loude gret.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. xxxii. 246 Thryste and sethinge and lowde brethynge.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 764 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 119 Claryonis lowde knellis.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Mattyns f. i The priest..shall begynne with a loude voyce the Lordes prayer.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 280 Ye man..fel into a lowd laughter.
?a1645 A. Stafford Just Apol. in Life Blessed Virgin (1860) p. xli Priscian, a Bishop..said, in somewhat too lowd a whisper [etc.].
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 142 Her fellow Nymphs the Mountains tear With loud Laments. View more context for this quotation
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iv. vii. 220 Is the voice of Man louder than that of Thunder?
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vii. 168 The mendicant and Lovel exerted their voices in a loud halloo.
1864 A. Bain Senses & Intellect (ed. 2) i. ii. 214 A loud speaker is exciting.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 651 A great body of sound is loud, and the opposite is low.
b. Of musical instruments, the sea, winds, etc.: Making a loud sound, sonorous. Chiefly poetic.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective]
loudc897
shillOE
brightOE
shillinga1225
soundingc1374
ringingc1400
sonore?c1400
resoundingc1425
sonousc1429
resoundable?c1500
soundish1530
high-sounding1560
singing1565
resonant1572
trolling1581
rumbelow1582
sonorous1611
canorous1646
remugient1660
retentive1728
fullish1770
pealing1794
resonating1845
plangent1858
resonatory1880
timbrous1929
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxvii. 266 Witodlice ðæt ar, ðonne hit mon slihð, hit bið hludre ðonne ænig oðer andweorc.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 137 Thei speke and sounen in his Ere As thogh thei lowde wyndes were.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 143 The North-winde was somewhat loude.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 59 Nor with less dread the loud Ethereal Trumpet from on high gan blow. View more context for this quotation
1728 Ld. Lyttelton Blenheim 81 Silent a while, and smooth, The Current glides, till..down the Steep it falls, In loud Cascades.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. vi. 214 The storm was now loud.
18.. T. Campbell Lord Ullin's Daughter 'Twas vain: the loud waves lash'd the shore, Return or aid preventing.
1898 W. K. Johnson Terra Tenebrarum 35 Let the loud seas thunder here.
c. Of a place, etc.: Full of noise, re-echoing. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > noisy > of places
noisefula1382
louda1616
noisy1679
sonorous1701
dinful1877
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. iv. 14 For if the French be Lords of this loud day, He meanes [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea iii. i, in Wks. (1874) VI. 396 All ways are loud, and hue and cry sent forth Through every hundred.
1871 A. C. Swinburne Eve of Revol. 123 Lands that are loud through all their length with chains.
1878 C. Stanford Symbols Christ (new ed.) iv. 105 Streets and factories loud with life and black with the dust of toil.
2. absol. †in loud, †on loud: aloud adv. and adj., with a loud voice. †to the loudest: at the top of one's voice.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > with raised voice or loudly
loud971
highc1225
on highc1225
highlyc1275
mainlyc1300
with full (also open) mouthc1300
alouda1325
greatly1340
ahigha1400
loudlya1400
on or upon heightc1405
on, upon (the) loftc1420
on loudc1450
in heightc1480
big1556
to the loudesta1616
full-mouthedly1681
in loud1682
stentoriously1685
trumpet-mouthed1767
at the top of one's throat1819
at the top of one's throat1819
out loud1821
stentorianly1880
c1450 Pistel of Swete Susan (Calig.) l. 161 Then sayde þo loselles on lowde [c1390 Vernon aloude] to þat lady.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5835 Þe childe cryed on lowde, allase.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 97 He..on lowde saide.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. ii. 42 I'le..vndertake to bee Her Aduocate to th'lowd'st. View more context for this quotation
1682 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1867) I. 456 My father..desired him in loud to go out of his house to his lodgings.
3. figurative.absolute.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 239. ¶11 Gold..Silences the Loud and Clamorous.† b. Of motives: Pressing, urgent. Obsolete.† c. Grandiloquent, pompously laudatory. Obsolete.† d. Manifest, palpable, flagrant. Chiefly of a lie. Obsolete.
a. Clamorous, noisy; also, in more favourable sense, emphatic or vehement in expression.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > vehement
violent?1518
vehement1529
loud1530
flame-coloured1598
saltpetre1598
dithyrambic1608
fired1725
1530 W. Tyndale Wks. (1573) 327/2 After the loudest maner he setteth out the cruelnes of the Emperor's souldiours.
1611 Bible (King James) Prov. vii. 11 She is loud and stubburne, her feet abide not in her house. View more context for this quotation
1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. viii. 88 Many Subjects in Europe have played lowder parts upon the Theatre of the world.
1680 T. Otway Orphan iii. 25 Calls sawcy loud Suspicion, publick Zeal.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 128. ¶5 When we see a Fellow loud and talkative.
1734 G. Berkeley Analyst §1 Several who make the loudest claim to those qualities.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 1 The Church was louder than ever in professions of attachment to him.
1879 J. Morley Burke viii. 148 The French were held up to the loudest admiration.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Freedom x, in Poems (1894) 576/2 Men loud against all forms of power.
1888 M. Morris Claverhouse viii. 147 Churchill's voice was loudest for battle.
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the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > of motives: powerful
strong?c1225
motive1587
louda1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. i. 152 For hee's imbark'd, With such loud reason, to the Cipres warres. View more context for this quotation
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > lofty or grandiloquent
magnificenta1460
statelya1525
magnifical1533
tragical1533
lofty1565
tragic1566
sublime1586
over-high1587
magnific1589
heroic1590
buskina1593
grandiloquous1593
full-mouthed1594
high-pitched1594
buskined1595
full-mouth1595
high-borne1596
altisonant1612
Roman1619
high-sounding1624
transcendent1631
magniloquent1640
loud1651
altiloquent1656
grandiloquent1656
largiloquent1656
altisonous1661
tall1670
elevate1673
grandisonous1674
sounding1683
exalted1684
grandisonant1684
grandific1727
magniloquous1727
orotund1799
superb1825
spread eagle1839
grandiose1840
magnisonanta1843
togated1868
elevated1875
mandarin1959
1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Dying (1686) i. §2 10 Many men..labour onely for a pompous Epitaph, and a loud title upon their Marble.
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society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective] > strikingly
notablea1398
staring?a1425
loud1535
gross1581
strong1583
signal1591
conspicuous1604
marked1620
remarked1623
ranka1640
signalized1652
bold1678
flaming1706
glaring1706
telegraphic1809
salient1841
howling1865
insistent1868
rampageous1889
1535 Goodly Prymer in Eng. To Rdr. sig. A.iij I omitte the ryght lowde lye, before the masse of [Recordare].
1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. 120 Gloss. Certain fine fablers, and loude lyers.
1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. Cv How durst you presume to make so lowde a lie.
1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 64 But what doe I speake of these, but petty things in comparison of those her lowder impieties?
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 38 Ther is a loud exception against this Law of God.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 12 Many have held opinion, that Pliny and Aulus Gellius were loud liars.
1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 89 A great Lie..That's a loud one.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Hummer, a loud Lie.
4. transferred. Of smell or flavour: Powerful, offensive. Now chiefly U.S.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > rank or rancid
restya1325
rest1381
rammishc1395
areast1440
reested?c1475
reesed1486
musty1492
rusty?1521
turned1548
reasty1573
froughy1579
flatten1594
reasy1598
rammy1607
rancid1627
loud1641
ranked1648
virous1661
ranciduous1688
raftya1722
virose1756
reeky1854
loud-flavoured1866
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > of a smell: bad
sourc1340
sourish1398
unclean?1440
rankish1495
rank1570
penetrating?1576
quick1578
musk cat1609
acute1620
loud1641
nauseous1649
loud-flavoured1866
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 84 Their..mouths cannot open without the strong breath, and loud stench of avarice.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. vi. 156 Pretty loud smell of varnish, sir?
1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 473 The natives..prefer to have the meat tainted rather than fresh, declaring that it is most tender and toothsome when decidedly ‘loud’.
1899 J. Pennell in Fortn. Rev. 65 122 The gas-lamp [for cycles] seems to make a very bright light. It is also said to make a very loud smell.
5. Of colours, patterns, dress, manners, etc.: Vulgarly obtrusive, flashy. Opposed to quiet.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective]
fine1526
garish1545
flaunting1567
gawish1567
taffety1597
showful1607
flaming1609
flaring1610
over-brave1620
showish1675
rantingc1685
gaudy1709
showy1712
tinselled1738
kicky1790
flaunty1796
flashy1801
slangish1813
florid1815
tigerish1831
flash1836
flary1841
loud1850
flashy-looking1852
splurgy1852
cheesy1858
flagrant1858
jingo1859
cheesy1863
orchidaceous1864
flamboyant1879
vociferous1883
voyant1906
grandstanding1908
floozy1911
ritzy1919
like a (or the) dog's dinner1927
plush horse1936
kitsch1953
zazzy1961
pizzazz1969
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. i. 8 The shirts too ‘loud’ in pattern.
1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour III. iii. 46 The flashy rings upon his fingers;..the loud pattern of his trousers.
1883 Cent. Mag. 27 106 Stained glass, indeed! loud, garish, thin, painty.
1884 Stationery Trades Rev. Sept. 215/2 Fine envelopes are not sold in such loud colours as they were a few years ago.
1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) 118 The girls were dreadfully loud in their dress.
Compounds
C1. Chiefly parasynthetic.
loud-flavoured adj.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > rank or rancid
restya1325
rest1381
rammishc1395
areast1440
reested?c1475
reesed1486
musty1492
rusty?1521
turned1548
reasty1573
froughy1579
flatten1594
reasy1598
rammy1607
rancid1627
loud1641
ranked1648
virous1661
ranciduous1688
raftya1722
virose1756
reeky1854
loud-flavoured1866
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > of a smell: bad
sourc1340
sourish1398
unclean?1440
rankish1495
rank1570
penetrating?1576
quick1578
musk cat1609
acute1620
loud1641
nauseous1649
loud-flavoured1866
1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life vi. 84 A loud-flavoured broth.
loud-minded adj.
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1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 234 A certain loud-tongued, loud-minded Mr. Feak.
loud-talking adj.
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1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. i. 3 Merry and somewhat loud-talking girls.
1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. i. ix. 56 He was too smooth and loud-talking.
loud-tongued adj.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > loud or angry
loud-mouthed1602
loud-tongued1622
blusterous1663
loudmouth1668
noisy1675
obstropolous1748
loud-spoken1882
megaphoning1901
chopsy1974
1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir i. sig. B Lowd tong'd Fame The harbinger to prepare their entertainment.
1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Janet's Repentance xiii, in Scenes Clerical Life II. 222 Loud-tongued abuse.
loud-voiced adj.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > loud or resonant > having loud voice
routing1567
full-mouthed1594
deep-moutheda1616
full-mouth1624
well-lunged1642
flounder-mouthed1663
bull-voiced1837
loud-voiced1850
shoutya1859
stentorian1875
trumpet-tongued1880
bull-throated1888
trumpet-mouthed1895
bull-mouthed1896
trumpet-voiced1902
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 28 Loud-voiced imagery.
C2.
loud-lashed adj. lashed into loud uproar.
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1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) iii. 68 The sea..loud-lashed by furious storms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
loudadv.
/laʊd/, U.S. /laʊd/ 1. † b. loud and still: under all circumstances. [So Middle Dutch lude en stille.] Obsolete.† c. With to lie: Openly, palpably. (Cf. loud adj. 3d) Obsolete.
a. Loudly, with a loud noise or voice; aloud.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adverb]
loud971
bremeOE
strongly1340
sternly?a1400
lustilyc1400
great1534
vociferously1637
stentorophonically1693
thunderously1842
full blast1936
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > with raised voice or loudly
loud971
highc1225
on highc1225
highlyc1275
mainlyc1300
with full (also open) mouthc1300
alouda1325
greatly1340
ahigha1400
loudlya1400
on or upon heightc1405
on, upon (the) loftc1420
on loudc1450
in heightc1480
big1556
to the loudesta1616
full-mouthedly1681
in loud1682
stentoriously1685
trumpet-mouthed1767
at the top of one's throat1819
at the top of one's throat1819
out loud1821
stentorianly1880
971 Blickl. Hom. 149 Hwæt is..þis folc þe her þus hlude singeþ?
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 43 Summe of þan monne..swa deor lude remeð.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 214 Ȝef þe ne kimeð sone help gred luddere wið hat heorte.
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 3793 Þey..knokkede fast & louȝde at þe gate.
c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 208 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 156 Prayand fore þame Increly & lovd, þat al hard þis, can cry.
1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) ii. sig. Aiiv/2 Some crye lowde wyth an hye woys.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F3 A Lyonesse..That roaring all with rage, did lowd requere Her children deare.
1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 42 Cherchef't in a comly Cloud While rocking Winds are Piping loud.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 336 While they loudest sing The vices of thir Deities, and thir own. View more context for this quotation
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. II. 211 The inhabitants clamoured so loud for a surrender.
1819 W. Hazlitt Polit. Ess. 148 He asserts a fact the louder, as he suspects it to be without proof.
1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 216 I shouted ‘hurrah’, and laughed loud and long.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > circumstance [phrase] > in all or any case or circumstances
in nesh and hardc1175
still and louda1250
loud and still1300
for nesh or hard?a1400
hot and coldc1400
in all essays1669
round or rattlea1670
1300–1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. xx. 352 Þat wolde libbe in ryot & habbe al hare wille In robberiȝe & prute boþe loude & stille.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 103 We suld pray, bathe loud and stille, For al cristen saules.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 8368 I must nedes doo his wil In al that I can loude or still.
1636 T. Heywood Loves Maistresse ii. i, in Wks. (1874) V. 108 Let me hear some music, loud and still.
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society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adverb] > in a strikingly manifest manner
louda1400
loudly1589
grossly1593
signally1598
conspicuously1626
remarkedly1656
staringlya1670
glaringly1709
illustriously1725
noticeably1845
saliently1847
staring1850
blatantly1878
bulgingly1896
a1400 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 343 Now þou liest loude, so helpe me vr lord.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. lv. 1019 I would rather thinke that the clerke..faulted with his pen in writing the copies, than the authour lied so lowd with his tongue.
d. out loud, aloud, without restraint. Cf. out-loud adj.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [adverb] > out loud
vocally1606
viva voce1665
out loud1821
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > with raised voice or loudly
loud971
highc1225
on highc1225
highlyc1275
mainlyc1300
with full (also open) mouthc1300
alouda1325
greatly1340
ahigha1400
loudlya1400
on or upon heightc1405
on, upon (the) loftc1420
on loudc1450
in heightc1480
big1556
to the loudesta1616
full-mouthedly1681
in loud1682
stentoriously1685
trumpet-mouthed1767
at the top of one's throat1819
at the top of one's throat1819
out loud1821
stentorianly1880
1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 22 Nov. (1971) 277 Lord Andover in the presence of Lord and Lady Suffolk and speaking out loud said ‘Miss Dutton..be so good to walk with me into the library.’
1844 L. Hunt Imagination & Fancy Pref. 4 In reading out-loud.
1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel III. xlix. 67 He knew it would make me laugh out loud.
1924 H. C. Witwer Love & Learn vi. 148 ‘For crying out loud’ butts in Hazel impatiently.
1933 M. Allingham Sweet Danger v. 69 Well for crying out loud!.. That's a nasty scrape.
1939 G. B. Shaw In Good King Charles's Golden Days ii. 104 Even a dissolute court, as they say mine is—I suppose they mean a court where bawdy stories are told out loud instead of whispered.
1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon II. 156 For crying out loud, why did you do it?
1969 A. McCaffrey Ship who Sang 42 ‘A year would be too young..no understandable speech,’ Helva mused outloud, remembering her first birthday without effort.
e. loud and clear: (said, etc.) in a way that reduces or avoids confusion or misunderstanding; (esp. in radio or telecommunication) (heard or received) loudly and clearly; also transferred.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adverb] > of speech
plaina1387
plainlya1398
simply?c1400
treatlyc1435
treatably1527
familiarly1534
loud and clear1871
society > communication > telecommunication > [phrase] > received
loud and clear1958
1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass vi. 133 I said it very loud and clear; I went and shouted in his ear.
1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood iii. ii. 256 I'd have to play the Star Spangled Banner, loud and clear, one hundred per cent.
1958 ‘J. Castle’ & A. Hailey Flight into Danger ix. 123 Hullo, Vancouver. 714 answering. Receiving you loud and clear. Over.
1959 Listener 19 Feb. 319/1 It seems desirable to say so loud and clear.
1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File vii. 43 Dalby looked up. ‘You are receiving me?’ ‘Loud and clear,’ I said.
1962 A. Shepard in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 104 I also contacted..the chase planes—and heard them loud and clear.
1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1964) iii. 25 The fact is I remember that black Dodge loud and clear.
1970 C. Collingwood Defector iv. 33 I read you loud and clear. Now, suppose something does go wrong, what do I do?
1972 D. Lees Zodiac 90 They don't seem able to make up their minds whether to warn me off or knock me off but I do get the message loud and clear and..I'm going.
2. Of smell: Strongly, offensively. (Cf. loud adj. 4 and aloud adv. 2.)
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adverb]
fouleOE
foullyOE
puantlya1529
stinkingly1545
rammishly1567
noisomely1589
stinking1589
rankfully1607
rancidly1637
sulphuriously1638
pungently1658
rankly1661
sulphureously1677
overcomingly1840
loud1871
unfragrantly1883
malodorously1903
1871 J. Miller Songs Italy (1878) 104 Carry..some drug that smells loud.
Compounds
Combinations with present and past participles of verbs denoting or implying the production of sound, e.g. loud-acclaiming, loud-bellowing, loud-laughing, loud-ringing, loud-roaring, loud-screaming, loud-singing, loud-squeaking, loud-thundering, loud-ticking, etc.; loud-roared, etc. Also loud-spoken adj. given to loud speaking.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > loud or angry
loud-mouthed1602
loud-tongued1622
blusterous1663
loudmouth1668
noisy1675
obstropolous1748
loud-spoken1882
megaphoning1901
chopsy1974
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 55 The loud-roring Thunder.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 221 Loud-thundring Canons.
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 87 Some lowd squeaking Cryer Well pleas'd with one leane thred-bare groat for hire.
a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 145 The christall-streaming Nid, loud-bellowing Clyde.
1667 G. C. in H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) Pref. 5 Those two loud-singing Nightingals of Arcadia.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 464 Loud-acclaiming Greeks the victor bless'd.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 301 Intemperate Jest, loud-laughing Mockery and hood-winked Misrule.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xii. 179 A very large and loud-ticking gold watch.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 115 A broad-faced, broad-chested, loud-screaming rascal.
1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 138 Sir Thomas was..loud-spoken, boisterous, and domineering.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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