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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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as in noisy
excessively showy
his loud Hawaiian shirt made his face look especially pale
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Recent Examples of loud
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Keeping headphone volume below 60 percent of maximum, taking listening breaks and wearing ear protection at concerts or loud job sites all reduce cumulative damage over time.
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Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2026
His latest, shot on 16mm with all the audio recorded in post-production, is a drone-y folk tale with a lot on its mind and sound mix so loud my ears were still ringing four hours later.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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Adjective
The case for keeping the most powerful models out of corporate hands has a louder champion in Ben Goertzel, the founder of SingularityNET, who has argued the point for two decades.
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Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Keeping headphone volume below 60 percent of maximum, taking listening breaks and wearing ear protection at concerts or loud job sites all reduce cumulative damage over time.
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Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
Adverb
Gen Z heard the campaign loud and clear.
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Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2026
His latest, shot on 16mm with all the audio recorded in post-production, is a drone-y folk tale with a lot on its mind and sound mix so loud my ears were still ringing four hours later.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loud
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Each time the Swiss team scored, a deafening roar cut through the thick tropical air.
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The bear was almost on top of us when, with a deafening roar, the shot from both barrels smacked into that enormous shaggy head.
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Europe has long resisted air conditioning as noisy, an eyesore on architectural facades and unnecessary, as brutal summer heat has been relatively short-lived.
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The advertisement paints an ominous portrait, featuring a man in dark lighting standing in front of images of noisy computer servers.
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England fans accustomed to the relentless pace of the Premier League have loudly booed hydration breaks at the World Cup, but Thomas Tuchel’s side benefited from them after going down early in a comeback win over the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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On Tuesday night, Denver voters rejected that pitch — as loudly as possible.
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The murder mystery has so far flown under the radar, despite having Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany as the lead, but just received a ringing endorsement from author extraordinaire Stephen King.
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About a dozen other Republican backers of the Iran war either declined or did not respond to requests for interviews or comment—hardly a ringing endorsement of their president’s negotiating prowess.
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And Cayden Alley is endearing and playful as Damian, the school’s most flamboyantly gay student.
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Egerton, by contrast, gets to grandstand a bit more flamboyantly.
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Rudy Gobert and a roaring, black-out playoff crowd towered over him.
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Cornwall’s ‘roaring future’ If the world is ever to get close to net zero, lithium will be at the centre of it, said The Times.
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Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.
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In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.
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Sweden likely booked its ticket to the round of 32 when Anthony Elanga electrified the packed house with a thunderous strike from the area's edge in the 62nd minute.
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But Ochoa had his moment, walking on to a thunderous ovation.
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“Loud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loud. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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