n. incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"

n. [a sound of any kind]

n. sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"

n. the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

n. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"

n. electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

v. emit a noise

adv. with relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help"

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"

adj. used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition"

adj. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

n. having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

n. loud confused noise from many sources

n. a loud harsh or strident noise

adj. uncontrollably noisy

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

adj. of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise"

adj. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

adj. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"

adj. more active than normal; "a hyperactive child"

adj. disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers"

adj. having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety"

adj. tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor"

adj. as sharp as a razor

adj. appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport

adj. lacking in refinement or grace or good taste

adj. richly and brilliantly colorful

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"

adj. (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

adj. lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

adj. occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society

adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

adj. not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien

adj. lacking complexity; "small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated machine"

adj. unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or ornament"

adj. providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"

adj. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"

adj. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

n. an agreeable sound property

n. the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"

n. [the lack of any noise]

adv. with low volume; "speak softly but carry a big stick"; "she spoke quietly to the child"; "the radio was playing softly"

adj. (of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music"

adj. impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear; "an inaudible conversation"

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

adj. in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"

adj. very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf"

adj. used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the piano passages in the composition"

adj. having or showing or conforming to good taste

adj. free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"

adj. cleverly simple; used of a solution to a problem e.g.

adj. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

adj. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"