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as in deafening
marked by a high volume of sound
loud music that could be heard all over the neighborhood
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2
as in noisy
excessively showy
his loud Hawaiian shirt made his face look especially pale
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Recent Examples of loud
Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Fleming acts out each detail with gusto, and this full sensory barrage earns him his loudest round of applause yet.
—John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 10 Jan. 2026
Contestants are never allowed to speak out loud To keep their identities hidden, contestants are only allowed to talk to a select number of people — while only certain staff members are allowed to approach and direct the contestants.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
When one person was killed and more than 20 people were shot at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally in 2024, the mass shooting sparked the loudest outcry for changes to Missouri’s gun laws in recent history.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Fleming acts out each detail with gusto, and this full sensory barrage earns him his loudest round of applause yet.
—John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
Protesters used whistles and tambourines to keep chants loud outside Austin City Hall as passing drivers honked in support.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 10 Jan. 2026
Contestants are never allowed to speak out loud To keep their identities hidden, contestants are only allowed to talk to a select number of people — while only certain staff members are allowed to approach and direct the contestants.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loud
Adjective
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From a bungled email prematurely announcing another massive round of layoffs to scrutiny around the company’s $75 million investment in a documentary about the first lady, Amazon heads into its quarterly earnings report next week surrounded by a deafening level of outside noise.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Young’s ending is greeted with a deafening round of applause.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The world was a noisy, crowded place in that era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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This is the best place both to hear the speech (otherwise the room is too noisy) and to watch the faces of people gathered around the screens.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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The local crowd cheered loudly for Brignone, who won gold in the super-G three days earlier and has made a remarkable comeback from a devastating crash in the Italian championships 10 months ago.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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February 19 – March 20 Quiet spaces could call loudly to you now.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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At noon each day, a cannon placed on the Janiculum Hill fires a blank shot in unison with the ringing bells of Rome’s churches.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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The tactics of activists have largely included mass protests, most recently those of No Kings Day, as well as smaller, simpler ones, say, chanting and ringing bells in front of Tesla showrooms.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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In his social orbit are a flamboyantly gay colleague played by Mason Gooding and a roommate questioning her own sexuality, played by Chase Sui Wonders.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
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The novel keeps the illusion running with great skill, but it’s also flamboyantly patterned, in ways both large and small.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Playing an aristocratic roaring 20s era sleuth that Christie loosely based on her younger self is certainly far removed from chugging shots on the shores of Malia — even the party scenes.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026
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It's renowned for its clifftop vistas over the roaring San Juan River.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Spielberg worked within the system, Coppola spent lavishly and even ostentatiously to build his own studio and Lucas found his independence through a quieter, more conservative and technology-driven route.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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And Bina Daigeler’s costumes are a hoot, ostentatiously fashionable and expensive and sexy.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The blast was thunderous, swallowing the place.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Atlantic’s second issue included a thunderous philippic of some 7,600 words on the relentless encroachments of slavery and the fate of the Republic.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Loud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loud. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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