Noise
nounNoun
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
“modern music is just noise to me”
Type of:Sounda loud outcry of protest or complaint
“the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise”
“whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could”
Type of:YellCallOutcrysound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
“he enjoyed the street noises”
“they heard indistinct noises of people talking”
“during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels”
Type of:Soundincomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
“all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say”
Type of:Incomprehensibilityelectrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Type of:Troublethe quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
Similar:HaphazardnessRandomnessStochasticityType of:UnregularityIrregularity
Verb
emit a noise
Similar:ResoundType of:SoundGo
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Similar Words
- Dissonance
- Racket
- Disturbance
- Interference
- Haphazardness
- Randomness
- Stochasticity
- Resound
- Noisy