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loudness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun loudness has 2 senses
- loudness(n = noun.attribute) intensity, volume - the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume" is a kind of sound property
- loudness(n = noun.attribute) brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, meretriciousness, tawdriness - tasteless showiness; Array is a kind of tastelessness
has particulars: crescendo, forte, fortissimo
Derived forms adjective loud1, adjective loud3
Antonym: softness
Derived form adjective loud2
THESAURUS
loudness
amplitude, arsenic green, auditory effect, auditory phenomenon, blatancy, brazenness, clashing colors, coarseness, color clash, colorfulness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, dash, dazzle, dazzlingness, earthiness, extravagance, extravaganza, extravagation, flagrancy, flamboyance, flashiness, gaiety, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness, glare, glitter, gorgeousness, grossness, jaundiced yellow, jauntiness, jazziness, luridness, meretriciousness, noise, obscenity, obtrusiveness, panache, phone, rawness, ribaldry, roughness, rudeness, screaming color, sensationalism, shamelessness, shocking pink, showiness, sonance, sound, sound intensity level, sound propagation, sound wave, speech sound, sportiness, tawdriness, ultrasound, vulgarnessROGET THESAURUS
loudness
Loudness
N loudness, power, loud noise, din, blare, clang, clangor, clatter, noise, bombilation, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery, fracas, charivari, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre, peal, swell, blast, larum, boom, bang (explosion), resonance, vociferation, hullabaloo, lungs, Stentor, artillery, cannon, thunder, loud, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous, thundering, deafening, trumpet-tongued, ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening, piercing, obstreperous, rackety, uproarious, enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers, shrill &c 410 clamorous stentorian, stentorophonic, loudly, aloud, at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry, the air rings with, the deep dread-bolted thunder.
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