| Main Entry: | deafening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very loud |
Synonyms: |
at full volume, blaring, booming, ear-piercing, ear-popping, ear-splitting, noisy, ringing, roaring, rowdy, screaming, thunderous, turned up, vociferous |
| Main Entry: | deafen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make deaf |
Synonyms: |
cause deafness, induce deafness, split the ears, stun |
| Main Entry: | audible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be heard |
Synonyms: |
aural, auricular, clear, deafening, detectable, discernible, distinct, hearable, loud, loud enough, perceptible, plain, resounding, roaring, sounding, within earshot |
Antonyms: |
inaudible |
| Main Entry: | earsplitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loud |
Synonyms: |
blaring, deafening, noisy, penetrating, piercing, ringing, shrill, strident, thunderous |
| Main Entry: | loud |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blaring, noisy |
Synonyms: |
big, blatant, blustering, boisterous, booming, cacophonous, clamorous, crashing, deafening, deep, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, emphatic, forte, full, full-mouthed, fulminating, heavy, high-sounding, intense, loud-voiced, lusty, obstreperous, pealing, piercing, powerful, rambunctious, raucous, resonant, resounding, ringing, roaring, rowdy, sonorous, stentorian, strident, strong, thundering, tumultuous, turbulent, turned up, uproarious, vehement, vociferous, wakes the dead |
Antonyms: |
inaudible, low, quiet, soft, subdued |
| Main Entry: | noisy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very loud and unharmonious in sound |
Synonyms: |
blatant, blusterous, boisterous, booming, cacophonous, chattering, clamorous, clangorous, clattery, deafening, disorderly, ear-popping, ear-splitting, jumping, loudmouth, obstreperous, piercing, rackety, raising Cain, raising the roof, rambunctious, raspy, riotous, rowdy, screaming, strepitous, strident, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, turned up, uproarious, vociferous |
| Notes: | noisome means noxious, harmful, unwholesome or offensive to the smell or other senses, while noisy means full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds |
Antonyms: |
noiseless, quiet, silent, still |
| Main Entry: | piercing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense to the senses |
Synonyms: |
acute, agonizing, arctic, biting, bitter, blaring, cold, deafening, earsplitting, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, freezing, frosty, high, high-pitched, keen, knifelike, loud, numbing, painful, penetrating, powerful, racking, raw, roaring, severe, sharp, shattering, shooting, shrill, stabbing, stentorian, stentorious, thin, treble, wintry |
Antonyms: |
low, soft, weak |
| Main Entry: | shrill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high-pitched, harsh in sound |
Synonyms: |
acute, argute, blaring, blatant, cacophonous, clanging, clangorous, deafening, discordant, ear-piercing, earsplitting, high, metallic, noisy, penetrating, piercing, piping, raucous, screeching, sharp, strident, thin, treble |
Antonyms: |
low, soft |
| Main Entry: | terrific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense |
Synonyms: |
agitating, appalling, awesome, awful, deafening, disquieting, dreadful, enormous, excessive, extreme, fearful, fierce, formidable, frightful, gigantic, great, harsh, horrible, horrific, huge, immense, large, monstrous, severe, shocking, terrible, terrorizing, thunderous, tremendous, upsetting |
Antonyms: |
calm, moderate |
| Main Entry: | thunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boom, crash |
Synonyms: |
blast, clamor, clap, crack, deafen, detonate, drum, explode, peal, resound, reverberate, roar, rumble, storm |