flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz
(noun) tasteless showiness
volume, loudness, intensity
(noun) the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); “the kids played their music at full volume”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
loudness (countable and uncountable, plural loudnesses)
the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons
the physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels
Source: Wiktionary
Loud"ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being loud.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 July 2024
(noun) any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used; “those sneakers are squeakers”; “which hinge is the squeaker?”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
