Antonyms for loudest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : loud |
| Phonetic Transcription : laÊŠd |
Definition of loudest
Origin :- Old English hlud "noisy, making noise, sonorous," from West Germanic *khluthaz "heard" (cf. Old Frisian and Old Saxon hlud, Middle Dutch luut, Dutch luid, Old High German hlut, German laut "loud"), from PIE past participle *klutos- (cf. Sanskrit srutah, Greek klytos "heard of, celebrated," Armenian lu "known," Welsh clod "praise"), from root *kleu- "to hear" (see listen).
- Application to colors first recorded 1849. The adverb is from Old English hlude, from Proto-Germanic *khludai (cf. Dutch luid, German laut). Paired with clear since at least c.1650.
- adj blaring, noisy
- adj offensive, gaudy
- It is he who cries the loudest when things go wrong; and I never cry.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- "The only thing that's swell about him is his head," said Pee-wee in his loudest voice.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- I am not sure that the deepest loyalty is accompanied by the loudest curses.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- We all laughed together, as if trying to see which of us could laugh the loudest.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- A few, and these the loudest, were swashbucklers and cutpurses.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- Then the tuning coil is adjusted until the signals are loudest.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
- And in loudest tones he roared throughout the room his message.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
- So the tall boy raised his voice and shouted in his loudest key.
- Extract from : « Pathfinder » by Alan Douglas
- It is not the clock that strikes the loudest that keeps the best time.
- Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
- If we get into this squabble you'll find them cheering the loudest and waving the most flags.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
Synonyms for loudest
- big
- blatant
- blustering
- boisterous
- booming
- brash
- brassy
- brazen
- cacophonous
- chintzy
- clamorous
- coarse
- crashing
- crass
- crude
- deafening
- deep
- ear-piercing
- ear-splitting
- emphatic
- flamboyant
- flashy
- forte
- full
- full-mouthed
- fulminating
- garish
- glaring
- gross
- heavy
- high-sounding
- intense
- loud-voiced
- lurid
- lusty
- meretricious
- obnoxious
- obstreperous
- obtrusive
- ostentatious
- pealing
- piercing
- powerful
- rambunctious
- raucous
- resonant
- resounding
- ringing
- roaring
- rowdy
- rude
- showy
- sonorous
- stentorian
- strident
- strong
- tasteless
- tawdry
- thundering
- tumultuous
- turbulent
- turned up
- uproarious
- vehement
- vociferous
- vulgar
- wakes the dead
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