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loudish

loudish

4.8
Making a little more noise than usual
  • adjective
  • /ˈlaʊdɪʃ/
translation icon : algo ruidoso
  • The children were loudish while playing outside, but it was still enjoyable.

Examples

  • And so there's an out loudish sort of feel to a lot of the, the words as sort of tumbling long sentences.

  • The party was loudish, making it hard to hear the music.

  • During their conversation, the group's laughter grew a bit loudish.

Synonyms

noisy
vsloudish
125 1.0

Full of loud, unpleasant sounds

is only somewhat loud and has milder volume
rackety
vsloudish
7.4

Very loud and rough, like an old bus or a noisy crowd

is milder and lacks the wild uncontrolled character

How Loud

booming
3 3.4
loud
733 1.0
loudish
4.8
soft-spoken
20 3.9
quiet
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

loudish positive

Morphology

loudish = loud (transparent) = loud + ish

The productive adjectival suffix '-ish' meaning 'somewhat' attaches to 'loud' and directly yields 'somewhat loud'.

Etymology

Loudish comes from loud ('making a lot of noise') plus the ending -ish which means 'somewhat' or 'kind of', like in reddish or smallish. So loudish means 'a bit noisy' rather than fully loud.