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loudsome

loudsome adjective: characterised or marked by loudness; noisy.

Adjective

loudsome (comparative more loudsome, superlative most loudsome)

  1. (poetic) Characterised or marked by loudness; noisy
    • But from his frequent dreams, / whether he tumbles with wet women, / rude and loudsome and joyous, / or walks strait through the door left ajar into the severed light, [...]1988, Richard Outram, Hiram and Jenny
    • The next day, Andrew Fergus noted that “Eight scouts went down as far as B's woodyard & 7 of us kept camp quiet loudsome [sic].”2009, Clyde A. Milner II, Carol A. O'Connor, As Big as the West
    Synonyms:
    ruckusy

Synonyms of loudsome

Forms of loudsome

comparativemore loudsome
superlativemost loudsome

Origin of loudsome

From loud + -some.

Questions about loudsome

What does loudsome mean?
Loudsome means characterised or marked by loudness; noisy.
What part of speech is loudsome?
Loudsome is an adjective.

Words near loudsome in the dictionary

  1. Loudonville
  2. Loudoun
  3. Loudoun County
  4. loudounite
  5. louds
  6. loudsome
  7. loudspeaker
  8. loudspeaker cabinet
  9. loudspeaker enclosure
  10. loudspeakers
  11. louduh

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