Word for play loudly

Hotmale


  • #1

Hi,
Can I say «She plays music loud»? Would this be correct?

Thank you.

    • #2

    Hi’

    You should say

    ‘she plays music loudly‘ Because loudly would be the adjective which applies to the verb ‘to play’

    You could say ‘she plays loud music’ because this would make loud an adjective.

    That said, people do often say things like;

    ‘she plays music loud’ or ‘he did it very quick’ but technically, I believe it is incorrect.

    Hotmale


    • #3

    Thanks, Cannister. But isn’t «loud» also an adverb?

    • #4

    Hmm, I’m not the expert, but I don’t think so, they would generally have an ly ending, except for some obvious exceptions like fast, and well. (He ran fast, and did it well)

    Actually, now I come to think about it fast might not even be an adverb, perhaps it’s strictly correct to say quickly.So no, I don’t think loud can ever strictly be an adverb, but it doesn’t sound terrible to say it the way you did, and certainly I think they use that way more in America than we do in England.

    I hope that helps, someone else with a clearer understanding of English grammar might be able to add something, it’s been a while since I was at school!

    Hotmale


    • #5

    Thanks for your posts :)

    Cheers, Hotmale.

    • #6

    Thanks, Cannister. But isn’t «loud» also an adverb?

    I don’t think «loud» can ever be an adverb, Hotmale. «Louder», «loudly» and «loudest» would be adverbs but «loud» can only modify a noun ie:

    «What’s that loud noise?», «The music is loud», «The car is loud», «That person is loud», «That striped sports jacket is loud», etc.

    gaer


    • #7

    Thanks for your posts :)

    Cheers, Hotmale.

    There are at least a few words in modern English that are the same when used as adjectives or adverbs, at least in some structures:

    Play it loud (loudly).
    Play it fast (quickly, since «fastly» does not exist).
    Play it right (correctly).
    Don’t play it wrong (incorrectly).

    I have no reason why this has occurred, and perhaps it is still happening. Could it be simplification of language over time?

    Gaer

    Hotmale


    • #8

    Hi Gaer,
    that is very interesting what you wrote. Could this be, however, only AmE thing?

    • #9

    It looks to me as though loud is listed as an adverb in both the NOAD and OED, which leads me to believe that it is accepted as an adverb in both AE and BE.

    foxfirebrand


    • #10

    «Play it loud» is correct. Loud is an objective complement modifying it. It’s analogous to «paint it black.»

    «Play it loudly» is awkward and wrong-sounding to my ear, unless we’re talking about people actually playing music, which is to say making music with musical instruments. Even so, a conductor would more likely say «play it loud» than «play it loudly.» Even the time-honored annotations, adopted from Italian, are adjectives. Pianissimo, not pianissimamente. Lento, not lentamente.

    «Play it loudly» sounds as dumb if you’re talking about «playing» it on the radio, stereo or ipod— as «turn the sound uply» would. If you turn the sound up, it will be loud or louder. Not loudly.
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    JamesM


    • #11

    I disagree. «Play it loudly» is correct. «Play it loud» is now common usage in spoken language (and advertising copy), but it should be «loudly.» I do conduct, and I say «sing it loudly» or «sing it quietly/softly» to my choir, not «sing it soft», «sing it quiet», «sing it loud».

    I don’t think it sounds dumb at all. You wouldn’t say, «He proclaimed it loud throughout the land.» It’s the same construction, only it has a colloquial equivalent when talking about «playing it».

    Hotmale


    • #12

    I see. Thanks for your explanation.

    gaer


    • #13

    I disagree. «Play it loudly» is correct. «Play it loud» is now common usage in spoken language (and advertising copy), but it should be «loudly.» I do conduct, and I say «sing it loudly» or «sing it quietly/softly» to my choir, not «sing it soft», «sing it quiet», «sing it loud».

    I don’t think it sounds dumb at all. You wouldn’t say, «He proclaimed it loud throughout the land.» It’s the same construction, only it has a colloquial equivalent when talking about «playing it».

    I disagree. «Play it loudly» is correctly. «Play it loud» is now common usage in spoken language (and advertising copy), but it should be «loudly.» I do conduct, and I say «sing it loudly» or «sing it quietly/softly» to my choir, not «sing it soft», «sing it quiet», «sing it loud».

    I would use «loud» for music, but I would have no objection to «loudly». I don’t think the origin of both forms necessarily has anything to do with advertising. I think this has to do with the fact that our language is «capricious». ;)

    Gaer

    foxfirebrand


    • #14

    You can talk, shout, proclaim, sing, or play music loudly. To my ear this only applies, however, if you are really playing music.

    If you are using a machine that reproduces sound electronically, you do not play that machine in the same sense that you play the cello. You turn it on or off, you turn it up or down. You don’t play the the stereo, though you might play some music on the stereo. And if someone doesn’t hear it, they will ask you to play it louder.

    Same thing will happen if you use dark grey paint— someone will say «paint it blacker.» Not «paint it more blackly.»
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    JamesM


    • #15

    I didn’t say you would say, «Play it more loudly» when referring to a stereo. I don’t think your «paint it black» analogy applies here. If we’re drawing a comparison to painting, it would be more analogous to compare «paint it quickly» (the manner in which you paint it) rather than «paint it quick.»

    In «play it loudly», «loudly» is an adverb modifying «play» — it is telling you how to play it. In «paint it quickly», «quickly» is an adverb modifying «paint» — it is telling you how to paint it.

    elroy

    elroy

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    • #16

    No, it is not telling you how to play it. It’s telling you what the result should be.

    Play it loud. = Play it so that it is loud.

    just like

    Paint it black. = Paint it so that it is black.

    How you paint it is irrelevant. As long as it’s black in the end, I’m happy. Same with the stereo. As long as you can get it to be loud in the end, I’m happy; it doesn’t matter how you do it.

    This is, I believe, FFB’s perspective. And I think I agree with it. :)

    • #17

    You can talk, shout, proclaim, sing, or play music loudly. To my ear this only applies, however, if you are really playing music.

    As my previous post indicates, I’m on the «loudly» side on this one. The original sample sentence was «She plays music loud» and, for argument’s sake, we are assuming that it’s a radio or CD or whatever — she is not playing an instrument. Can we then say:

    «She plays music soft» or «She plays music quiet»?

    sound shift


    • #18

    Hmm … «Play loud» appears on the sleeves of several of my records, and I can see nothing wrong with it.

    gaer


    • #19

    I think some people are assuming that «soft» and «loud» are used exactly the same way—grammatically. This is logical, but using this logic you assume that adverbs do not exist that have dropped the «ly» unless they have antonyms that follow the exact same structure.

    In this case (soft/loud, softly/loudly) this MAY be true, but it may not be.

    My point is that if English were this logical and predictable, half the threads in this forum would not even be started.

    Gaer

    quitejaded


    • #20

    People may say that in conversation where rules are leniant and forgivable, but it is not proper.

    «We play loud music»
    or
    «We play music loudly»

    depending on what you want to convey.

    panjandrum


    • #21

    Loud (adverb) is listed in the OED with examples going back many centuries :)
    But the normal adverb is loudly, and there are many who consider it is the only version.

    gaer


    • #22

    Loud (adverb) is listed in the OED with examples going back many centuries :)
    But the normal adverb is loudly, and there are many who consider it is the only version.

    As always I wonder why people are so eager to consider a usage going back many centuries as wrong. ;)

    Gaer

    • #23

    can we say then… she sings badly??

    elroy

    elroy

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    • #24

    can we say then… she sings badly??

    Yes; in fact, that’s what you should say. «She sings bad» is colloquial.

    roxcyn


    • #25

    Hi,
    Can I say «She plays music loud»? Would this be correct?

    Thank you.

    You can say: «She plays loud music» (loud = adjective)

    Or she plays it loud. (loud = adverb).

    As other people have said, it can be an adjective or an adverb, but it depends on the sentence.

    • #26

    Hello,
    A.S.Hornby:
    loud — adv.(after talk, speak, laugh etc) in a loud manner: Don’t talk so loud! They laughed loud and long.
    loudly -adv. in a loud manner: Someone knocked loudly at the door. What a loudly dressed girl!

    • #27

    Would you consider it to be a simplification over time or something that was in fact organic i.e. the transformation of loud into an adverb as well as an adjective? I just feel that its a case of the former that has caught on colloquially so much so that hearing the original form sounds awkwardly pedantic.

    PaulQ


    • #28

    Would you consider it to be a simplification over time or something that was in fact organic i.e. the transformation of loud into an adverb as well as an adjective? I just feel that its a case of the former that has caught on colloquially so much so that hearing the original form sounds awkwardly pedantic.

    Hmmm. That is possible but not what is happening here.

    Can I say «She plays music loud»? Would this be correct?

    Yes, you can, it is correct. Loud is an adjective. Compare «She arrives drunk» -> Drunk is the descriptive complement of «She arrives».

    «Paint it black» is correct, just as «I painted the door black» is correct -> black is a resultative adjective acting as a complement of (the imperative) «paint».
    Compare: «I hammered it flat.» and «I shot him dead.» -> I hammered it and (as a result) it was/became flat.» — I shot him and (as a result) he was/became dead.»

    Last edited: Aug 21, 2017

    PaulQ


    • #30

    From the WR dictionary, for «loud»:

    Yes, I see that error regularly.

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    Normally, adjectives are turned into adverbs by adding the —ly suffix to them.

    But some words are used as both adjectives and adverbs, with no discernable difference in their form. For example,

    1. I like fast cars. [adjective]

    2. He drove fast. [adverb]

    3. They played a clean game. [adjective]

    4. They played clean. [adverb]

    «Loud» is an example of a word that can be used as both an adjective and an adverb. For example, people say:

    1. I like loud music. [adjective]
    2. I play music loud. [adverb]

    If you look at this google books search, you’ll see plenty example of it being used as an adverb. Further, Oxford Dictionaries even lists it as an adverb.

    But some people also use the clearly adverbial form «loudly», as in

    1. I play music loudly. [adverb]

    In conclusion, both «loud» and «loudly» can be used as adverbs. The choice is yours.

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    Prefixes of loud

    • aloud

      • adverb using the voice; not silently
        out loud.
        • please read the passage aloud
        • he laughed out loud
      • adverb with relatively high volume
        loudly; loud.
        • the band played loudly
        • she spoke loudly and angrily
        • he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him
        • cried aloud for help
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    • cloud

      • noun any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
      • noun a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
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    • thundercloud

      • noun a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
        cumulonimbus; cumulonimbus cloud.
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    • becloud

      • verb make less visible or unclear
        befog; haze over; fog; obscure; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
        • The stars are obscured by the clouds
        • the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
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    Suffixes of loud

    • loudly

      • adverb with relatively high volume
        aloud; loud.
        • the band played loudly
        • she spoke loudly and angrily
        • he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him
        • cried aloud for help
      • adverb in manner that attracts attention
        clamorously; obstreperously.
        • obstreperously, he demanded to get service
      • More ‘loudly’ Meaning
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    • loud

      • adjective characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
        • a group of loud children
        • loud thunder
        • her voice was too loud
        • loud trombones
      • adjective satellite tastelessly showy
        garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; gimcrack; trashy.
        • a flash car
        • a flashy ring
        • garish colors
        • a gaudy costume
        • loud sport shirts
        • a meretricious yet stylish book
        • tawdry ornaments
      • More ‘loud’ Meaning
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    • loudness

      • noun the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
        volume; intensity.
        • the kids played their music at full volume
      • noun tasteless showiness
        tawdriness; gaudiness; glitz; meretriciousness; flashiness; brashness; garishness.
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    • loud

      • adjective characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
        • a group of loud children
        • loud thunder
        • her voice was too loud
        • loud trombones
      • adjective satellite tastelessly showy
        garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; gimcrack; trashy.
        • a flash car
        • a flashy ring
        • garish colors
        • a gaudy costume
        • loud sport shirts
        • a meretricious yet stylish book
        • tawdry ornaments
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    • loudspeaker

      • noun electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
        speaker unit; loudspeaker system; speaker; speaker system.
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    • loudspeaker

      • noun electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
        speaker unit; loudspeaker system; speaker; speaker system.
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    • louden

      • verb become louder
        • The room loudened considerably
      • verb cause to become loud
      • More ‘louden’ Meaning
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    • loudmouth

      • noun a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly
        blusterer.
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    • loudmouth

      • noun a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly
        blusterer.
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    Derived words of loud

    • cloud

      • noun any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
      • noun a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
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    • cloudy

      • adjective satellite lacking definite form or limits
        nebulose; nebulous.
        • gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion»- H.T.Moore
        • nebulous distinction between pride and conceit
      • adjective full of or covered with clouds
        • cloudy skies
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    • clouded

      • adjective satellite made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance
        • his face was clouded with unhappiness
      • verb make overcast or cloudy
        overcast; cloud.
        • Fall weather often overcasts our beaches
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    • cloudless

      • adjective satellite free from clouds
        unclouded.
        • under a cloudless sky
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    • unclouded

      • adjective satellite (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
        light; clear; clean.
        • efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
        • clear laughter like a waterfall
        • clear reds and blues
        • a light lilting voice like a silver bell
      • adjective satellite free from clouds
        cloudless.
        • under a cloudless sky
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    • cloudiness

      • noun the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
        cloud cover; overcast.
      • noun gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
        overcast.
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    • clouding

      • noun the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky
        clouding up.
      • verb make overcast or cloudy
        overcast; cloud.
        • Fall weather often overcasts our beaches
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    • cloudburst

      • noun a heavy rain
        downpour; deluge; soaker; pelter; waterspout; torrent.
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    • overcloud

      • verb become covered with clouds
        cloud over; cloud up.
        • The sky clouded over
      • verb make obscure or unclear
        obscure; bedim.
        • The distinction was obscured
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    • cloudy

      • adjective satellite lacking definite form or limits
        nebulose; nebulous.
        • gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion»- H.T.Moore
        • nebulous distinction between pride and conceit
      • adjective full of or covered with clouds
        • cloudy skies
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    • cloudlike

      • adjective satellite resembling a cloud
        nebular.
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    • becloud

      • verb make less visible or unclear
        befog; haze over; fog; obscure; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
        • The stars are obscured by the clouds
        • the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
      • More ‘becloud’ Meaning
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    • cloudburst

      • noun a heavy rain
        downpour; deluge; soaker; pelter; waterspout; torrent.
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    • becloud

      • verb make less visible or unclear
        befog; haze over; fog; obscure; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
        • The stars are obscured by the clouds
        • the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
      • More ‘becloud’ Meaning
      • beclouding Associated Words
      • beclouding Related Words

    • becloud

      • verb make less visible or unclear
        befog; haze over; fog; obscure; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
        • The stars are obscured by the clouds
        • the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
      • More ‘becloud’ Meaning
      • beclouds Associated Words
      • beclouds Related Words

    • thundercloud

      • noun a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
        cumulonimbus; cumulonimbus cloud.
      • More ‘thundercloud’ Meaning
      • thunderclouds Associated Words
      • thunderclouds Related Words

    • cloudberry

      • noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
        salmonberry; bakeapple; Rubus chamaemorus; dwarf mulberry; baked-apple berry.
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    • cloudberry

      • noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
        salmonberry; bakeapple; Rubus chamaemorus; dwarf mulberry; baked-apple berry.
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    • cloudy

      • adjective satellite lacking definite form or limits
        nebulose; nebulous.
        • gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion»- H.T.Moore
        • nebulous distinction between pride and conceit
      • adjective full of or covered with clouds
        • cloudy skies
      • More ‘cloudy’ Meaning
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    громко, громогласно, шумно, кричаще

    наречие

    - громко; громогласно
    - шумно
    - кричаще, ярко; пёстро

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    Словосочетания

    to knock loudly — громко стучать  
    to sneeze loudly — громко чихать  
    to speak loudly — громко разговаривать  
    to yawn loudly — громко зевать  
    to shout loudly — кричать громко  
    the actor was cheered loudly — актёру громко аплодировали  
    giggle loudly — громко хихикать  
    pit applauded loudly — партер громко аплодировал  
    shout loudly — кричать громко  
    begin to croak / caw loudly and persistently — раскаркаться  

    Примеры с переводом

    The radio was playing very loudly. 

    Радио играло очень громко.

    Ben laughed loudly. 

    Бен громко рассмеялся.

    She shut the book loudly. 

    Она громко захлопнула книгу.

    The audience applauded loudly. 

    Зрители громко аплодировали.

    She complained in a loud voice. 

    Она громко выражала недовольство.

    Her hearing is poor, so speak fairly loudly. 

    Она плохо слышит, поэтому говорите погромче.

    Seagulls on the cliffs cried loudly. 

    На скалах громко кричали чайки.

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    Chairs scraped loudly as they stood up.  

    …a loudly voiced expression of pain…  

    His feet thumped loudly on the bare boards.  

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    Возможные однокоренные слова

    loud  — громкий, шумный, звучный, резкий, громко
    loudness  — громкость, шумливость

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    1. loudlyadverb

      Antonyms:
      quietly

    2. loudlyadverb

      He spoke loudly so that his brother could hear him from across the street.

      Antonyms:
      quietly

    Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

    1. loudly, loud, aloudadverb

      with relatively high volume

      «the band played loudly»; «she spoke loudly and angrily»; «he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him»; «cried aloud for help»

      Antonyms:
      quietly, softly

      Synonyms:
      clamorously, forte, obstreperously, loud, aloud, out loud

    2. obstreperously, loudly, clamorouslyadverb

      in manner that attracts attention

      «obstreperously, he demanded to get service»

      Antonyms:
      softly, quietly

      Synonyms:
      obstreperously, forte, clamorously, loud, aloud

    3. forte, loudlyadverb

      used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly

      Antonyms:
      softly, quietly

      Synonyms:
      clamorously, forte, obstreperously, loud, aloud

    Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

    1. silently

      loud opposite of silent

      Submitted by acronimous on October 1, 2014  

    2. sotto voce

      in a loud and clear voice in order to be heard.

      he spoke loudly so all in the auditorium could hear.

      Submitted by pauldean on August 1, 2019  

    How to use loudly in a sentence?

    1. Christopher Morley:

      A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.

    2. John Hickenlooper:

      Democrats must say loudly and clearly that we are not socialists. If we do not, we will end up helping to reelect the worst President in our country’s history. Socialism is the most effective attack line Republicans can use against Democrats as long as President Donald Trump is at the top of the ticket.

    3. Chelsea Handler:

      Right now is a very important time and you can’t really bow out, this is, more than ever in any recent time in history, [ a time ] that we have to speak loudly.

    4. Rick Jacobs:

      Very often we’re told, especially in the Diaspora, we shouldn’t express our view very loudly, when you’re asked and you don’t vote, that’s a huge missed opportunity.

    5. Michael Waltz:

      I want to be clear, if he doesn’t act and he doesn’t get these people out, blood will be on his hands and on his administration’s hands, and I, for one, will very publicly and very loudly hold him accountable for that.

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    Are we missing a good antonym for loudly?

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    How does the adjective loud contrast with its synonyms?

    Some common synonyms of loud are earsplitting, raucous, stentorian, and strident. While all these words mean «marked by intensity or volume of sound,» loud applies to any volume above normal and may suggest undue vehemence or obtrusiveness.

    When can earsplitting be used instead of loud?

    In some situations, the words earsplitting and loud are roughly equivalent. However, earsplitting implies loudness that is physically discomforting.

    the earsplitting sound of a siren

    When is it sensible to use raucous instead of loud?

    The synonyms raucous and loud are sometimes interchangeable, but raucous implies a loud harsh grating tone, especially of voice, and may suggest rowdiness.

    the raucous shouts of drunken revelers

    In what contexts can stentorian take the place of loud?

    The meanings of stentorian and loud largely overlap; however, stentorian implies great power and range.

    an actor with a stentorian voice

    Where would strident be a reasonable alternative to loud?

    Although the words strident and loud have much in common, strident implies a rasping discordant but insistent quality, especially of voice.

    the strident voices of hecklers

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