noisy

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noisy

loud, harsh, or confused sounds; clamorous; tumultuous; vociferous: noisy football fans.

Not to be confused with:

noisome – offensive or disgusting, as an odor; harmful; noxious; stinking: noisome factory emissions

nois·y

(noi′zē)

adj. nois·i·er, nois·i·est

1. Making noise: a small, noisy dog.

2. Full of, characterized by, or accompanied by noise: a noisy cafeteria.

nois′i·ly adv.

nois′i·ness n.

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noisy

(ˈnɔɪzɪ)

adj, noisier or noisiest

1. making a loud or constant noise

2. full of or characterized by noise

ˈnoisily adv

ˈnoisiness n

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nois•y

(ˈnɔɪ zi)

adj. nois•i•er, nois•i•est.

1. making much noise: noisy children.

2. abounding in or full of noise: a noisy party; a noisy demonstration.

[1685–95]

nois′i•ly, adv.

nois′i•ness, n.

noisy

corroboree - A large, noisy gathering.
crash - May have been created as an imitation of the sound of noisy breaking, or may be a blend of craze and dash.
obstreperous - Meaning "clamorous, noisy" and "argumentative," it is from Latin ob-, "against," and strepere, "to make a noise."
strepent, strepitent - Strepent and strepitent mean "noisy."

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Adj.	1.	noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog" cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten loud - characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones" quiet - free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet"
	2.	noisy - attracting attention by showiness or bright colors; "a noisy sweater" colourful, colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

noisy

adjective

1. rowdy, chattering, strident, boisterous, vociferous, riotous, uproarious, obstreperous, clamorous a noisy group of drunken students
rowdy quiet, silent, subdued

2. loud, piercing, deafening, tumultuous, ear-splitting, cacophonous, clamorous It may be necessary to ask a neighbour to turn down noisy music.
loud still, quiet, silent, hushed, tranquil

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Translations

ضاجٌّ، كَثير الضَّوْضاءكَثِيرُ الْضَوضَاءِ

hlučný

larmende

äänekäs

bučanglasan

hávaîasamur

rumoroso chiassoso

やかましい

시끄러운

hrupen

högljudd

เสียงดัง

gürültücügürültülü

ồn ào

吵杂的喧闹的嘈杂的

noisy

[ˈnɔɪzɪ] ADJ (noisier (compar) (noisiest (superl))) [neighbours, children, crowd] → ruidoso, escandaloso; [music] → ruidoso, estridente
it's very noisy here → hay mucho ruido aquí
don't be too noisy → no hagáis mucho ruido

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

noisy

[ˈnɔɪzi] adj

[person, audience, neighbours, crowd] → bruyant(e)
to be noisy → faire du bruit
The audience was so noisy that → Le public faisait tellement de bruit que ...

[car, machine] → bruyant(e)

[city, room, bar] → bruyant(e)
It's noisy in here → Il y a beaucoup de bruit ici.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

noisy

adj (+er) → laut; traffic, child also → lärmend; machine, behaviour, work also → geräuschvoll; protest, welcome, debate → lautstark; don’t be so noisy → sei nicht so laut, mach nicht so viel Lärm; this is a noisy house → in dem Haus ist es laut

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

noisy

[ˈnɔɪzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (street, car) → rumoroso/a; (child, party) → rumoroso/a, chiassoso/a
stop being noisy! → smettila di far rumore!

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

noise

(noiz) noun

1. a sound. I heard a strange noise outside; the noise of gunfire.

2. an unpleasantly loud sound. I hate noise.

ˈnoiseless adjective

without any sound. noiseless footsteps.

ˈnoiselessly adverb

ˈnoisy adjective

making a loud noise. noisy children; a noisy engine.

ˈnoisily adverb

noisy

→ كَثِيرُ الْضَوضَاءِ hlučný larmende laut φασαριόζικος ruidoso äänekäs bruyant bučan rumoroso やかましい 시끄러운 lawaaierig bråkete hałaśliwy barulhento шумный högljudd เสียงดัง gürültülü ồn ào 吵杂的

noisy

a. ruidoso-a, turbulento-a, bullicioso-a.

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But Sir John's satisfaction in society was much more real; he delighted in collecting about him more young people than his house would hold, and the noisier they were the better was he pleased.

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And so on and so on, the ship meanwhile rushing on her way with a heavier list, a noisier splutter, a more threatening hiss of the white, almost blinding, sheet of foam to leeward.

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Below him burned the white lights of the town, a little noisier than usual to-night, for out in the bay a steamer was lying-to, and there had been a few passengers and cargo to land.

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She said "Lohengrin" was noisier than Wagner's other operas, but that if I would keep on going to see it I would find by and by that it was all music, and therefore would then enjoy it.

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He was much sillier and much more excitable than Jerry and certainly noisier. He must have some terrible story to tell, if only he could, of all that happened between Tulagi and the time we found him on the Orpheum stage."

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This ball was an exceptional affair, given some time before Shrovetide, in honor of the anniversary of the birth of a famous draftsman; and it was expected to be much gayer, noisier, more Bohemian than the ordinary masked ball.

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The conference under the peepul-tree had been growing noisier and noisier, at the far end of the village.

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The lines running east and west were noisier than the lines running north and south.

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The summer's sun holds it in some respect, and while he darts his cheerful rays sparingly into the square, keeps his fiery heat and glare for noisier and less-imposing precincts.

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A "plump" of ducks rose at the same time and took the route to the north in the wake of their noisier cousins.

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While Maggie's life-struggles had lain almost entirely within her own soul, one shadowy army fighting another, and the slain shadows forever rising again, Tom was engaged in a dustier, noisier warfare, grappling with more substantial obstacles, and gaining more definite conquests.

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They replaced old sleepers with concrete ones and some trains cause my home to vibrate and are much noisier.

Miserable after 'improvements'

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