► loudmaking a lot of noise: Suddenly there was a loud explosion. The TV’s too loud – can you turn it down?
► noisy making a lot of noise, or full of noise: The classroom was full of noisy kids. The two women walked into the noisy restaurant.
► deafening so loud that you cannot hear anything else: The noise from the plane’s engines was deafening.
► ear-splitting so loud that your ears feel uncomfortable: The car stopped with an ear-splitting screech.
► thunderous formal extremely loud and sounding a little like thunder: His remarks received thunderous applause from the audience.
► raucous unpleasantly loud. Used about the excited sound of groups of people or animals: The audience burst into raucous laughter.
► resounding a resounding noise is loud and clear and continues for a few seconds: He shut the door with a resounding slam.
► piercing extremely loud or high in a way that is unpleasant to hear: All of a sudden we heard a piercing scream coming from outside.
► rowdy behaving in a noisy, uncontrolled, and often slightly violent way: At the football game, some of the fans were becoming rowdy.