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Loud vs Stentorian - What's the difference?

loud | stentorian |

As adjectives the difference between loud and stentorian

is that loud is of great intensity while stentorian is (of a voice) Loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds.

As an adverb loud

is loudly.

As a proper noun Loud

is {{surname}.

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

    * *

    stentorian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a voice) Loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
    • There seemed no one to dispute his claims when he said, or rather shouted, in stentorian tones: "I am Tsa. This is my she. Who wishes her more than Tsa?"
  • * 1922 : , Ulysses ,
    • The Irish Caruso-Garibaldi was in superlative form and his stentorian notes were heard to the greatest advantage in the time-honoured anthem sung as only our citizen can sing it.
  • * 1938 : , The Unvanquished ,
    • Giving us a last embracing and comprehensive glance he drew it, already pivoting Jupiter on the tight snaffle; his hair tossed beneath the cocked hat, the sabre flashed and glinted; he cried, not loud yet stentorian : "Trot! Canter! Charge!"