louder

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blaring, noisy adj.
offensive, gaudy adj.

ADJECTIVE

blaring, noisy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

big boisterous deafening emphatic heavy intense lusty powerful rambunctious raucous resounding ringing roaring rowdy strident strong thundering vehement vociferous

STRONG

forte

WEAK

blatant blustering booming cacophonous clamorous crashing deep ear-piercing ear-splitting full full-mouthed fulminating high-sounding loud-voiced obstreperous pealing piercing resonant sonorous stentorian tumultuous turbulent turned up uproarious wakes the dead

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm dull indistinct insignificant little low mild moderate quiet restrained shy silent small soft unhealthy unimportant weak

WEAK

inaudible inoffensive subdued tasteful

ADJECTIVE

offensive, gaudy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brash brassy flashy obnoxious raucous rude vulgar

WEAK

brazen chintzy coarse crass crude flamboyant garish glaring gross lurid meretricious obtrusive ostentatious showy tasteless tawdry

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careful cautious kind nice polite refined soft subdued

WEAK

inaudible inoffensive low quiet tasteful

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louder

Those only grew louder on the second rest day of the race when he was woken up at 5 a.m. by antidoping authorities knocking on his door outside of the normal testing window.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Basically, the Fed’s actions speak louder than its words.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026

This year the clamor is louder, more aggressive, and tinged with showy economic threats.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

In layman's terms, this means the cars would go back to producing the much more dramatic - and much louder - sound of years gone by.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

The thump of Booth’s boots was getting louder, and I knew I had mere seconds to get this done.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin