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blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous

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

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"

deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery

adj. loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

raucous, strident

adj. unpleasantly loud and harsh

helter-skelter, pell-mell

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"

boisterous, obstreperous

adj. aggressively noisy: "obstreperous children"

abuzz, 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"

clattery

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

creaky, screaky

adj. having a rasping or grating sound; "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"

rackety, rip-roaring, uproarious

adj. uncontrollably noisy

reedy, wheezy

adj. having a tone of a reed instrument

stertorous

adj. of breathing having a heavy snoring sound

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"

stilly

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

soft-spoken

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

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