noun. The state or quality of being loud; great sound or noise; clamor; uproar: as, the loudness of a voice or an instrument.

noun. Conspicuousness; flashiness; showiness: as, loudness of dress.

noun. The quality or state of being loud.

noun. the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons

noun. the physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels

noun. tasteless showiness

noun. the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

"In addition, the stress placed at the end of a French sentence is also not a tonic accent -- a rise in loudness -- but a rise in pitch -- which we English speakers do only with questions (unless we are valley girls) -- that is, when asking a question, our voice goes from, say, middle C to F."

tastelessness  

abruptness  brevity  brilliancy  celerity  coherence  

amplitude  arsenic green  auditory effect  auditory phenomenon  blatancy