overloud

3.4

Too noisy in a way that annoys or disturbs people

adjective
/ˌoʊvərˈlaʊd/

: demasiado ruidoso

During the presentation, his overloud voice distracted everyone in the room.

Examples

She couldn't concentrate on her work because of her roommate's overloud laughter.
In an overloud, whining voice, the man remarked, "I told you no good would come of letting those people put on uniforms."

Fiction book (1992)
The overloud music made it impossible to have a conversation at the party.

Synonyms

noisy

vsoverloud

125 1.0

Full of loud, unpleasant sounds

is excessively loud and disruptive not just generally loud

raucous

vsoverloud

31 7.1

Making a loud, rough, and unpleasant sound that hurts your ears

is excessively loud and disruptive rather than only harsh in tone

earsplitting

vsoverloud

6.3

Very loud in a way that hurts your ears

is excessively loud in a disruptive way rather than causing pain

Antonyms

quiet

∞ 1.0

Not making much noise

soft

182 1.0

Gentle and not strong for light or sound

How Loud

deafening

9 3.5

overloud

3.4

loud

733 1.0

quiet

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

overloud positive

overlouder comparative

overloudest superlative

Morphology

overloud = loud (transparent) = over + loud

A standard productive prefix 'over-' meaning 'excessively' combines with 'loud' to give the clear sense 'too loud', so learners who know the components can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Overloud comes from the parts over- meaning 'too much' and loud meaning 'strong sound', so it describes sound that is too strong or unpleasant. That's why we call speakers, TVs, or announcements overloud when they are annoyingly noisy.