loudness

Plural: loudnesses

Noun

• The quality or state of being strongly audible or boisterous.
• the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
• tasteless showiness
• the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons
• the physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels

Examples

• The LOUDNESS of his victorious shout echoed through the Scrabble hall.

Synonyms

brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, intensity, meretriciousness, tawdriness, volume

Antonyms

softness, quietness, silence