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Loud vs Overmike - What's the difference?

loud | overmike |

As a proper noun loud

is .

As a verb overmike is

to make too loud by means of a poorly positioned microphone.

loud

English

Alternative forms

* lowd (obsolete)

Adjective

(er)
  • (of a sound) Of great intensity.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
  • Noisy.
  • * Bible, Proverbs vii. 11
    • She is loud and stubborn.
  • Not subtle or reserved, brash.
  • Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.

    • Synonyms

    * garish, gaudy

    Antonyms

    * (sound) quiet, soft * (person) quiet

    Derived terms

    * aloud * loudhailer * loudly * loudmouth * loudness * loudspeaker

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Loudly.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    overmike

    English

    Verb

    (overmik)
  • To make too loud by means of a poorly positioned microphone.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 21, author=Charles Isherwood, title=Broadway Is Mostly Dark, but Oh, All the Other Places to Go, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=No, they don't sing, but on the plus side that means they're not overmiked either. }}