noisier; noisiest
1
: making noise
noisy trucks and buses
2
: full of or characterized by noise or clamor
a noisy office
a noisy scene
3
: noticeably showy, gaudy, or bright : conspicuous
a noisy sweater
noisily adverb
noisiness noun

Examples of noisy in a Sentence

The playground was filled with noisy children. His lawnmower is very noisy.
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Weber installed bars in multiple disparate locations, and although the bars themselves did display signs of significant amounts of noise, Weber looked for correlations in these noisy signals between bars in different locations. Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025 With fewer people having children, empathy toward parents—and patience for noisy, curious kids—has waned. Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 And they’re expected to be very noisy. Rose Evans november 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2025 Getting to the top of Big Ben, formally named the Elizabeth Tower, requires 334 steps and can be noisy. Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noisy

Word History

First Known Use

1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of noisy was in 1675

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“Noisy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noisy. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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noisy

adjective
noisier; noisiest
1
: making noise
2
: full of or characterized by noise
a noisy street
noisily adverb
noisiness noun

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