Antonyms for noise
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noiz |
| Phonetic Transcription : nɔɪz |
Definition of noise
Origin :- early 13c., "loud outcry, clamor, shouting," from Old French noise "din, disturbance, uproar, brawl" (11c., in modern French only in phrase chercher noise "to pick a quarrel"), also "rumor, report, news," apparently from Latin nausea "disgust, annoyance, discomfort," literally "seasickness" (see nausea).
- Another theory traces the Old French word to Latin noxia "hurting, injury, damage." OED considers that "the sense of the word is against both suggestions," but nausea could have developed a sense in Vulgar Latin of "unpleasant situation, noise, quarrel" (cf. Old Provençal nauza "noise, quarrel"). Meaning "loud or unpleasant sound" is from c.1300. Replaced native gedyn (see din).
- noun sound that is loud or not harmonious
- The birds feel it—and wonder at the tune that makes no noise.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- What was the use of all that noise and crowding and piggish hurry?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You've come to torment us before the time; do cease this noise!
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- He might make a noise lying down and make not a sound getting up.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The house was quiet but for the noise of the wind and the rain, and those Cornelius did not hear.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- No, Plautus did not allow his public to languish for want of noise.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- In any case it may want to make a noise more than to spare your feelings.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- No other noise could disturb us but the cackling of hens and the quacking of ducks.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- That was why she had made such a noise about it, in order to drown these words.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- Do not open and shut the doors, and make a noise, as if there were four of you.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
Synonyms for noise
- babble
- babel
- bang
- bedlam
- bellow
- bewailing
- blare
- blast
- boisterousness
- boom
- buzz
- cacophony
- caterwauling
- clamor
- clang
- clatter
- commotion
- crash
- cry
- detonation
- din
- discord
- disquiet
- disquietude
- drumming
- eruption
- explosion
- fanfare
- fireworks
- fracas
- fuss
- hoo-ha
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- jangle
- lamentation
- outcry
- pandemonium
- peal
- racket
- ring
- roar
- row
- shot
- shouting
- sonance
- squawk
- stridency
- talk
- thud
- tumult
- turbulence
- uproar
- uproariousness
- yelling
- yelp
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