English > noisy: 2 senses > adjective 1Meaning | Full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds. |
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Examples | - "a noisy cafeteria"
- "a small noisy dog"
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Narrower | abuzz, buzzing | noisy like the sound of a bee |
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blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous | conspicuously and offensively loud |
clangorous, clanging | Having a loud resonant metallic sound |
clanking | Having a hard nonresonant metallic sound |
clattery | A rattling sound as of hard things striking together |
creaky, screaky | Having a rasping or grating sound |
rackety, rip-roaring, uproarious | uncontrollably noisy |
reedy, wheezy | Having a tone of a reed instrument |
stertorous | Of breathing having a heavy snoring sound |
swishy | resembling a sustained 'sh' or soft whistle |
thundering | sounding like thunder / thunder |
whirring | like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings |
See also | cacophonous, cacophonic | Having an unpleasant sound |
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loud | Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity |
Opposite | quiet | Free of noise or uproar |
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Spanish | escandaloso, ruidoso |
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Catalan | escandalós, sorollós |
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Nouns | noise | a loud outcry of protest or complaint |
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noisiness | the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise |
Adverbs | noisily | with much noise or loud and unpleasant sound |
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