Antonyms for noise


Grammar : Noun
Spell : noiz
Phonetic Transcription : nɔɪz


Definition of noise

Origin :
  • early 13c., "loud outcry, clamor, shouting," from Old French noise "din, disturbance, uproar, brawl" (11c., in modern French only in phrase chercher noise "to pick a quarrel"), also "rumor, report, news," apparently from Latin nausea "disgust, annoyance, discomfort," literally "seasickness" (see nausea).
  • Another theory traces the Old French word to Latin noxia "hurting, injury, damage." OED considers that "the sense of the word is against both suggestions," but nausea could have developed a sense in Vulgar Latin of "unpleasant situation, noise, quarrel" (cf. Old Provençal nauza "noise, quarrel"). Meaning "loud or unpleasant sound" is from c.1300. Replaced native gedyn (see din).
  • noun sound that is loud or not harmonious
Example sentences :
  • The birds feel it—and wonder at the tune that makes no noise.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • What was the use of all that noise and crowding and piggish hurry?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • You've come to torment us before the time; do cease this noise!
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • He might make a noise lying down and make not a sound getting up.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The house was quiet but for the noise of the wind and the rain, and those Cornelius did not hear.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • No, Plautus did not allow his public to languish for want of noise.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • In any case it may want to make a noise more than to spare your feelings.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • No other noise could disturb us but the cackling of hens and the quacking of ducks.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • That was why she had made such a noise about it, in order to drown these words.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Do not open and shut the doors, and make a noise, as if there were four of you.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

Synonyms for noise

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