louden

L1O1U1D2E1N1
UK/ˈlaʊdn̩/

verb

To become louder.

Opposite
quieten
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Meanings

louden1

verblouden (third-person singular simple present loudens, present participle loudening, simple past and past participle loudened)

present singular third person loudens · participle present loudening · participle past loudened · past loudened

  1. To become louder.

    The shouts of the bookies were now loudening outside in the sunlight, and when I'd slipped on my raincoat we went out to see what we could of the Light Weight Race.

    1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 167

Louden2

proper nounLouden (countable and uncountable, plural Loudens)

plural Loudens · alternative Loudon

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbecome louder

Opposite
quieten
Broader
change intensity

verbcause to become loud

Opposite
quieten
Broader
changealtermodify

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

louden · verb

From loud + -en.

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Louden · proper noun

Scottish habitational surname, from the parish of Loudoun, in East Ayrshire.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with louden

BowdenDowden
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Anagrams

noduleOundleedunol
Cite this entry
APA

louden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/louden

MLA

“louden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/louden. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “louden,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/louden.

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