loud
adjective /laʊd/ disapprovingDefinition
› (of clothes) having unpleasantly bright colours or too strong patterns, or (of a person) demanding attention and talking and laughing loudly: You shouldn't wear anything too loud to a job interview. The men at the bar were loud and obnoxious.The qualities of colourNot attractive to look atSerious and unpleasant loudness /-nəs/ noun [U] Sound and its properties
(Definition of loud adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a riot of colour idiom
- bright adjective (COLOUR)
- colourful adjective (APPEARANCE)
- cool adjective (COLOUR)
- Day-Glo adjective
- deep adjective (DARK)
- depth noun (DARKNESS)
- dusky adjective
- fluorescent adjective (COLOUR)
- garish adjective
- harsh adjective (TOO STRONG)
- jazzy adjective (COLOURFUL)
- lurid adjective (COLOUR)
- pastel adjective
- pure adjective (NOT MIXED)
- sombre adjective
- technicolor adjective
- violent adjective (STRONG)
- vivid adjective
- warm adjective (TEMPERATURE)
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