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lowd

lowd is the obsolete form of loud.

Meaning of loud

Adjective

loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)

  1. Of great intensity.
    • Turn that music down; it's too loud.
  2. (usually, thing, event) Noisy.
    • a loud party that went on all night
  3. (usually, event) 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
  4. (usually, decorations) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
    • a loud style of dress; loud colors
  5. (slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.
  6. 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

See all 10 meanings of loud

Forms of lowd

comparativelowder
superlativelowdest

Questions about lowd

What is lowd the obsolete form of?
Lowd is the obsolete form of loud.

Words near lowd in the dictionary

  1. Lowcountry
  2. Lowcountry boil
  3. Lowcountry boils
  4. Lowcountry stew
  5. lowcut
  6. lowd
  7. lowdah
  8. lowdahs
  9. Lowden
  10. Lowdens
  11. lowder

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