lowd
lowd is the obsolete form of loud.
Meaning of loud
Adjective
loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
- Of great intensity.
- Turn that music down; it's too loud.
- Noisy.
- a loud party that went on all night
- Not subtle or reserved, brash.
- Some of the loudest blubberers are developers who, having made enormous profits as a result of local, state, and federal subsidies, complain that government doesn't do enough for them.1988 December 9, Ben Joravsky, “Property-tax assessments rise; north siders are revolting”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2020
- Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
- a loud style of dress; loud colors
- High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.
- Of great intensity.
- Ohls showed the motorcycle officer his badge and we went out on the pier, into a loud fish smell which one night's hard rain hadn't even dented.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, →ISBN, page 45
Forms of lowd
| comparative | lowder |
|---|---|
| superlative | lowdest |
Questions about lowd
- What is lowd the obsolete form of?
- Lowd is the obsolete form of loud.
Words near lowd in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lowd (page history and authors); loud (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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