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open, blazing, conspicuous

adj. without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"

clamant, clamorous, clamourous, vociferous

adj. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"

open, overt

adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

visible, obvious

adj. obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression"

clear, distinct, marked, noticeable

adj. recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"

plain

adj. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

plain, patent, manifest, clear, evident, apparent

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

crying, rank, gross, egregious, flagrant

adj. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

apparent

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

loud

adj. characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"

thunderous, thundery, deafening, earsplitting, roaring

adj. loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

raucous, strident

adj. unpleasantly loud and harsh

helter-skelter, hurry-scurry, pell-mell, tumultuous

adj. with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train"

vocal

adj. full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the shouts and laughter of children"

aboveboard

adj. without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"

open, in full view

adj. easily visible; "she turned her back on her rival in full view of everyone"

boisterous, obstreperous

adj. aggressively noisy: "obstreperous children"

droning, buzzing

adj. noisy like the sound of a bee; "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal"

clangorous, clanging

adj. having a loud resonant metallic sound; "the clangorous locomotive works"; "a clanging gong"

clattering, clattery

adj. a rattling sound as of hard things striking together; "a clattering typewriter"; "the clattering sound of dishes"

clinking

adj. like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped

crackling, snapping

adj. having a series of sharp noises as of a wood fire burning: "wished to get out of hearing of the crackling shots"

creaking, creaky, screaky

adj. having a rasping or grating sound; "they were alerted by the creaking gate"; "creaky stairs"

hissing

adj. like a sustained `s': "`hissing' is the sound a snake makes"

jingling, jingly

adj. having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; "jingling sleigh bells"

uproarious, rackety, rip-roaring

adj. uncontrollably noisy

reedy, wheezy

adj. having a tone of a reed instrument

stertorous

adj. of breathing having a heavy snoring sound

swishing, swishy

adj. resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle; "swishing windshield wipers"; "a swishy skirt"

tinkling, tinkly

adj. like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"

tinny

adj. thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance; "an unpleasant tinny voice"

whining

adj. long and high-pitched like a whine or plaintive crying

whirring

adj. like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings

quiet

adj. free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet"

calm, stilly

adj. (poetic) still or calm; "in the stilly night"

gentle, soft-spoken

adj. having a speaking manner that is not loud or harsh; "she was always soft-spoken"

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