- 1making a lot of noise loud laughter a deafeningly loud bang She spoke in a very loud voice. That music's too loud—please turn it down.
- 2(of a person or their behavior) talking very loudly, too much, and in a way that is annoying
- 3(of colors, patterns, etc.) too bright and lacking good taste synonym garish, gaudy
adverb She screamed as loudly as she could.
NAmE//laʊdnəs//
noun [uncountable]See loud in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: loud