loudness
Roget-categorie 404
3. Words relating to matter› 3.3. Organic matter
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#404.
Loudness
zelfstandig naamwoord
loudness,
power —
loud noise,
din —
blare —
clang,
clangor —
clatter,
noise,
bombilation†,
roar,
uproar,
racket,
hubbub,
bobbery†,
fracas,
charivari†,
trumpet blast,
flourish of trumpets,
fanfare,
tintamarre†,
peal,
swell,
blast,
larum†,
boom —
bang
(explosion)
406 —
resonance
etc.
408.
vociferation,
hullabaloo,
etc.
411 —
lungs —
Stentor.
artillery,
cannon —
thunder.
werkwoord
be loud
etc.
adj. —
peal,
swell,
clang,
boom,
thunder,
blare,
fulminate,
roar —
resound
etc.
408.
speak up,
shout
etc.
(vociferate)
411 —
bellow
etc.
(cry as an animal)
412.
rend the air,
rend the skies —
fill the air —
din in the ear,
ring in the ear,
thunder in the ear —
pierce the ears,
split the ears,
rend the ears,
split the head —
deafen,
stun —
faire le diable a quatre [Fr.] —
make one's windows shake,
rattle the windows —
awaken the echoes,
startle the echoes —
wake the dead.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
loud,
sonorous —
high-sounding,
big-sounding —
deep,
full,
powerful,
noisy,
blatant,
clangorous,
multisonous† —
thundering,
deafening
etc.
v. —
trumpet-tongued —
ear-splitting,
ear-rending,
ear-deafening —
piercing —
obstreperous,
rackety,
uproarious —
enough to wake the dead,
enough to wake seven sleepers.
shrill
etc.
410
clamorous
etc.
(vociferous)
411
stentorian,
stentorophonic†.
bijwoord
loudly
etc.
adj..
aloud —
at the top of one's voice,
at the top of one's lungs,
lustily,
in full cry.
uitdrukking
the air rings with —
the deep dread-bolted thunder"
[Lear].
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