Other forms: noisiest; noisier
Anything noisy is loud. Your noisy party probably won’t go over too well with your downstairs neighbors — especially if it’s late on a Tuesday night and they have a sleeping baby.
Something that makes loud sounds or is generally rowdy and boisterous can be called noisy. A noisy bar is a harder place to have a conversation than a quiet restaurant, but a noisy dance party tends to me much more fun than a solemn tea party with your cranky grandparents. Before there was noisy, around the late 1600s, the adjective was noiseful. Curiously, experts guess that the Latin root of noisy and noise is nausea, «seasickness.»
Definitions of noisy
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adjective
full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
“a
noisy cafeteria”“a small
noisy dog”-
Synonyms:
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cacophonic, cacophonous
having an unpleasant sound
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loud
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
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blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous
conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
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abuzz, buzzing
noisy like the sound of a bee
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clanging, clangorous
having a loud resonant metallic sound
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clanking
having a hard nonresonant metallic sound
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clattery
a rattling sound as of hard things striking together
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creaky, screaky
having a rasping or grating sound
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rackety, rip-roaring, uproarious
uncontrollably noisy
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reedy, wheezy
having a tone of a reed instrument
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stertorous
of breathing having a heavy snoring sound
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swishy
resembling a sustained `sh’ or soft whistle
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thundering
sounding like thunder
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whirring
like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings
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cacophonic, cacophonous
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adjective
attracting attention by showiness or bright colors
“a
noisy sweater”-
Synonyms:
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colorful, colourful
striking in variety and interest
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colorful, colourful
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adjective, nois·i·er, nois·i·est.
making much noise: noisy children.
abounding in or full of noise: a noisy assembly hall.
characterized by much noise: a noisy celebration; a noisy protest.
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Origin of noisy
First recorded in 1685–95; noise + -y1
synonym study for noisy
OTHER WORDS FROM noisy
nois·i·ly, adverbnois·i·ness, nounun·nois·i·ly, adverbun·nois·y, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH noisy
noisome, noisy
Words nearby noisy
noiseproof, noise suppressor, noisette, noisette rose, noisome, noisy, noisy miner, no joke, no kidding, no-knock, nokyo
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Words related to noisy
boisterous, cacophonous, clamorous, rambunctious, riotous, rowdy, strident, vociferous, blatant, blusterous, booming, chattering, clangorous, clattery, deafening, disorderly, ear-splitting, jumping, loudmouth, obstreperous
How to use noisy in a sentence
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Steel-shot beads, though less popular, are larger and heavier, and can be a bit noisy.
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Skeptics used to tell the neuroscientist Bradley Voytek that there was nothing worth studying in these noisy features of brain activity.
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In a world that’s noisy and chaotic, such adaptability is essential.
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The Move the Talbot Boys Confederate Monument Coalition, a group with as many as 500 members, has emerged and staged noisy rallies at the site.
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“There’s a lot of fatigue around noisy social platforms,” she told my colleague Maria Aspan.
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At the end of the day, Black Jesus is likely to be noisy and controversial.
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Avoid all-you-can-eat buffets and noisy, stressful environments.
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Plus, the Delta IV is—strange thing to say about an enormous rocket—very fast and noisy.
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At one point, they held a noisy tug-of-war with a giant rope in the middle of the exhibit hall.
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I like to proofread in noisy restaurants, with my glasses off, staring close at the type.
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The cheerful sound of music came from the deck of a big saloon steamer, bearing its crowd of noisy tourists.
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«I’ll tell you how we’ll help it,» I proposed recklessly, shouting to make myself heard above the noisy wind.
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No one could deny that Government had yielded in the face of noisy clamor and forcible resistance.
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He was about to stretch himself and give vent to a noisy yawn when the word “Laidlaw” smote his ear.
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Politics were largely at the bottom of it all, I am sure, and certain newspapers joined in the noisy chorus.
British Dictionary definitions for noisy
adjective noisier or noisiest
making a loud or constant noise
full of or characterized by noise
Derived forms of noisy
noisily, adverbnoisiness, noun
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: full of or characterized by noise or clamor
Synonyms
Example Sentences
The playground was filled with noisy children.
His lawnmower is very noisy.
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The cybercrime underground is a noisy and sometimes dangerous place.
—David Carmiel, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
But generators are noisy, expensive, and pollute the air.
—Ollie Macnaughton, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
Although the core technology has existed for decades, perfunctory models were noisy and difficult to control, according to Mercier.
—Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2023
This engine is also noisier and more rattly-sounding than most.
—Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 25 Feb. 2023
Not literally — Killian is the caretaker for his ailing grandfather (Harrison Page), who lives with him in close enough proximity that Killian’s freakouts prove noisy and bothersome.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of noisy was
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The meaning of «Noisy» in various phrases and sentences
Q:
Что значит made for noisy evenings?
A:
caused noisy evenings / led to noisy evenings
the fact that the house was close to a major road and a train station = evenings (peak hours) were very noisy
Q:
Что значит noisy bag?
A:
loud sound mostly someone knocking the door with force so it bangs
Q:
Что значит what noisy little ones you are.Can this sentence be translated into你们这些吵闹的小家伙？?
A:
差不多了，沒錯 That’s about the right meaning. You’d say this to little children. 你們小朋友們很吵鬧（但也很可愛…）
Q:
Что значит noisy in Spanish pls?
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Что значит you are noisy one のone?
A:
The «one» in «you are the noisy one» means «person» or «individual»
«One» can be used as a singular pronoun (kind of like, «either him, her, or you»)
Example sentences using «Noisy»
Q:
Покажите мне примеры предложений с noisy.
A:
It is very noisy living close to the airport.
It is too noisy in here.
Q:
Покажите мне примеры предложений с noisy .
A:
The children are noisy
The noisy rattling was annoying
I dislike things that are noisy.
The party was noisy but I had fun
Q:
Покажите мне примеры предложений с noisy.
A:
The neighbors upstairs have been playing very loud music.
They’re noisy.
Synonyms of «Noisy» and their differences
Q:
В чем разница между You are pretty noisy as well. и You can be pretty noisy as well. ?
A:
Are — you are stating they ARE noisy all the time
Can be — you think they are noisy some of the time
The second sentence also softens the blow of telling someone they are noisy — the first is a direct accusation
Q:
В чем разница между noisy и deafening ?
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Deafening means a it’s so loud it’s impossible to hear anything else.
“The sound of the fire alarm was deafening”
Noisy means there is noise but you can still hear other sounds.
“At break time the playground is very noisy”
Q:
В чем разница между noisy music и loud music ?
A:
They’re pretty interchangeable.
Noisy has a negative connotation.
Loud is a neutral word.
«The music was really noisy.»
(Usually the speaker thinks it was a bad thing.)
«The music was really loud.»
(Not necessarily bad.)
Examples:
A: You look really tired, are you okay?
B: My neighbours were having a house party so I didn’t sleep. The music was too noisy.
(«Loud» works in this sentence as well.)
A: How was the concert?
B: So cool! The music was much, louder than I was expecting, but I had so much fun.
(«Noisier» wouldn’t work in this sentence very well. It would sound a little odd because the experience was so positive.)
Q:
В чем разница между It’s so noisy here. и It’s so loud here. ?
A:
Both of them express an act of a lot of sound. There’s not a significant difference between them. Only very minor differences.
Something can be noisy without being loud. For example, if you walked into a room of 20 people and they were all talking at once, but in low voices, you might say it’s noisy, but not loud.
But for the most part the two words are interchangeable.
Q:
В чем разница между if they hadn’t such a noisy dog и if they didn’t have such a noisy dog ?
A:
@Ari-lefosse: sí, estoy de acuerdo con oddslat. La primera solo tendría sentido si tenía otro verbo, como «If they hadn’t gotten/bought such a noisy dog»
Translations of «Noisy»
Q:
Как сказать на Английском (американский вариант)? He is noisy.
He makes a noise.
A:
He is noisy. ○（うるさい）
He makes noise. ○（騒ぐ）
He makes a noise. △（とある特定の音がする）
Wheezy the Penguin from Toy Story makes a noise [可算]。 He doesn’t make much noise [不可算] though.
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Как сказать на Английском (американский вариант)? The noisy neighbor children live just above my room.
A:
That sounds good just the way you said it
Q:
Как сказать на Английском (американский вариант)? I have a noisy neighbor, I wanna know how to say «shut up» in polite way..
A:
You can say «Please be quiet» or «Please stop making so much noise»
Q:
Как сказать на Английском (американский вариант)? noisy and nosy
A:
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Other questions about «Noisy»
Q:
He said to me «Don’t be noisy«
→He told me not to be noisy.
→He said that I mustn’t be noisy.
→He told me that I mustn’t be noisy.
Are these same?
A:
They all mean the same thing. The first one is more casual and conversational.
Q:
There were noisy children on the train I was riding это звучит нормально?
A:
«There (was*) noisy children on the train I was riding.»
or
«There were (lots^) of noisy children on the train I was riding.»
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his sneezing is too noisy. это звучит нормально?
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It is noisy because it is under construction near my house. это звучит нормально?
A:
@Cocochan The sentence would be a natural sentence if you replace «it» with «something», E.G «It is noisy because something is under construction near my house», but that implies you don’t know what is know what is under construction and it’s only one thing. I think you’re trying to say something closer to «my neighborhood is noisy because of construction work» in English. That’s what i understand from the Japanese anyway.
Q:
It is noisy in my neighbourhood because a house is being under construction in the next site of my house. это звучит нормально?
A:
It is noisy in my neighbourhood because a house is (currently) under construction next to my house. ( just next to your house?). You can leave out the word at «currently»
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