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loudness
[ loud-nis ]
noun
- exceptional volume or intensity of sound; the fact or quality of being strongly audible:
From the hallway they could hear his voice enter the conversation, with an abrupt loudness that made them exchange glances.
- the fact or characteristic of making, emitting, or uttering a strongly audible sound:
Pressing a harpsichord key harder or softer had no effect on the instrument's loudness.
- clamorous, vociferous, or blatant character; noisiness:
This student movement against school uniforms has taken on a tendency toward obnoxious loudness.
- emphatic or insistent quality:
The loudness of protests by some members of the G7 resulted in the clause being dropped from the convention.
- garish, conspicuous, or ostentatious quality, as of colors, dress, or the person wearing them:
A certain loudness in the colors and cut of his clothing was tempered by natural taste.
- obtrusive or vulgar character, as of a person or their behavior:
Their flushed faces and general loudness of manner were proof that they had been drinking.
Other Words From
- o·ver·loud·ness noun
Example Sentences
It has been well documented that a song's volume, or loudness, over time -- what's known as "amplitude modulation" -- is relatively steady at 1-2 Hz.
The sounds were kept at a moderate volume of 65 decibels—about the same loudness as a conversation in a bar or city traffic—and they couldn’t be heard by the parent birds.
“Saviors” revisits the production approach of the so-called “loudness war” of the 1990s and 2000s, when it seemed studios sought to make, as Meat Loaf sang, “everything louder than everything else.”
This involved manipulating the patterns of loudness, or amplitude, change across time.
“It wasn’t helping me to express the loudness, to be the funkiest, to embody the story,” she said.
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