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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

loudness
    n 1: the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction);
         "the kids played their music at full volume" [syn:
         volume, loudness, intensity] [ant: softness]
    2: tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness,
       gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness,
       tawdriness, glitz]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Loudness \Loud"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being loud.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Loudness:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

amplitude, arsenic green, auditory effect, auditory phenomenon, blatancy, brazenness, clashing colors, coarseness, color clash, colorfulness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, dash, dazzle, dazzlingness, earthiness, extravagance, extravaganza, extravagation, flagrancy, flamboyance, flashiness, gaiety, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness, glare, glitter, gorgeousness, grossness, jaundiced yellow, jauntiness, jazziness, luridness, meretriciousness, noise, obscenity, obtrusiveness, panache, phone, rawness, ribaldry, roughness, rudeness, screaming color, sensationalism, shamelessness, shocking pink, showiness, sonance, sound, sound intensity level, sound propagation, sound wave, speech sound, sportiness, tawdriness, ultrasound, vulgarness

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