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loudish

1 4.8

Making a little more noise than usual

adjective
/ˈlaʊdɪʃ/

: 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

129 1.0

Full of loud, unpleasant sounds

is only somewhat loud and has milder volume

rackety

vsloudish

1 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

12 3.4

loud

775 1.0

loudish

1 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.