noisy

[noi-zee] /ˈnɔɪ zi/
adjective, noisier, noisiest.
1.
making much noise:
noisy children.
2.
abounding in or full of noise:
a noisy assembly hall.
3.
characterized by much noise:
a noisy celebration; a noisy protest.
Origin
1685-95; noise + -y1
Related forms
noisily, adverb
noisiness, noun
unnoisily, adverb
unnoisy, adjective
Can be confused
noisome, noisy.
Synonyms
1. clamorous, tumultuous, uproarious; vociferous. See loud.
Antonyms
1. quiet.
Examples from the web for noisy
  • In an already noisy world an arms race of sound is not to be welcomed.
  • It's also pretty unusual to stay sound asleep through landing-that's a pretty noisy experience.
  • Arguments over noisy dogs and power tools can turn suburban neighbors into angry adversaries.
  • The airwaves and best-seller lists are noisy with anti-intellectual jeers.
  • If it starts to fail, the computer can crash accidentally when the power supply generates a noisy signal.
  • Perhaps you're tired of the noisy dishwasher or the oven that heats unevenly.
  • The ocean is often thought of as quiet and idyllic, but its residents are actually a noisy bunch.
  • Then noisy crackling announces radiation levels that can be thousands of times as high as normal.
  • It is far easier and cheaper to engineer the noisy machinery to be quiet in the first place.
  • When looking for first homes, reef fish tend toward noisy reefs, new experiments show.
British Dictionary definitions for noisy

noisy

/ˈnɔɪzɪ/
adjective noisier, noisiest
1.
making a loud or constant noise
2.
full of or characterized by noise
Derived Forms
noisily, adverb
noisiness, noun
Word Origin and History for noisy
adj.

1690s, "making noise," also "full of noise," from noise + -y (2). Earlier was noiseful (late 14c.). Related: Noisily; noisiness.