different between unrestrained vs loud

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?nd

Adjective

unrestrained (comparative more unrestrained, superlative most unrestrained)

1. immoderate; not restrained or held in check

   The party was a scene of unrestrained debauchery.

2. spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained

   Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.

3. Not subject to physical restraint.
   • 2009, Russell Colling, Tony W. York, Hospital and Healthcare Security (page 346)

     Managing unrestrained prisoners alone in any environment is inherently dangerous and should not be tolerated.

Antonyms

• restrained

Derived terms

• unrestrainedly
• unrestrainedness

Related terms

• restrain
• restrained

Translations

Verb

unrestrained

1. simple past tense and past participle of unrestrain

See also

• rampant
• unbridled

English

Alternative forms

• lowd (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• enPR: loud, IPA^(key): /la?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Etymology 1

From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hl?d (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-Germanic *hl?daz, *hl?þaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lew- (“to hear”). Akin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud”), Swedish ljud, West Frisian lûd (“loud”), Dutch luid (“loud”), Low German lud (“loud”), German laut (“loud”), Irish clú (“repute”), Welsh clywed (“heard”), clod (“praise”), Latin laudare (“praise”), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek ?????? (klutós, “famous”), Albanian quaj (“to name, call”), shquar (“famous, notorious”), Old Armenian ??? (lu, “the act of hearing”), Old Church Slavonic ????? (slava, “glory”), ????? (slovo, “word”), Sanskrit ???? (?ráva, “glory”). More at listen.

Adjective

loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)

1. (of a sound) Of great intensity.

2. (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Proverbs vii. 11

     She is loud and stubborn.

3. (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
4. (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
5. (of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality

Synonyms

• (of clothing, etc): garish, gaudy

Antonyms

• (sound): quiet, soft
• (person): quiet

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

loud (countable and uncountable, plural louds)

1. (colloquial) A loud sound or part of a sound.
   • 2012, Sam McGuire, Paul Lee, The Video Editor's Guide to Soundtrack Pro (page 103)

     The expander doesn't really make the louds louder and the softs softer in one step […]

2. (slang, uncountable) High-quality marijuana.

See also

• dank

Etymology 2

From Middle English loude, from Old English hl?de (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hl?da, *hl?dô (“loudly”).

Adverb

loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)

1. Loudly.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 4,^[1]

     Who knocks so loud at door?

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 7, Chapter 14, pp. 71-72,^[2]

     Unluckily that worthy Officer having, in a literal Sense, taken his Fill of Liquor, had been some Time retired to his Bolster, where he was snoaring so loud, that it was not easy to convey a Noise in at his Ears capable of drowning that which issued from his Nostrils.

Anagrams

• Ludo, ludo, ludo-, ould

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hl?d.

Adjective

loud

1. Alternative form of loude (“loud”)

Etymology 2

From Old English hl?de.

Adverb

loud

1. Alternative form of loude (“loudly”)