loudsome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by loudness; noisy

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Meanings

adjectiveloudsome (comparative more loudsome, superlative most loudsome)

comparative more loudsome · superlative most loudsome

  1. poeticCharacterised or marked by loudness; noisy

    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
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    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

    A happy man is the base ball star, / Who has good eyes and whose foot is fleet: / It's luck he isn't driving a car / Through the loudsome smells of a crosstown street.

    2012, Roy Kerr, Buck Ewing

    Synonyms: ruckusy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCharacterised or marked by loudness; noisy

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APA

loudsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loudsome

MLA

“loudsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loudsome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loudsome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loudsome.

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