loudness

loudness
    n 1: the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction);
         "the kids played their music at full volume" [syn:
         {volume}, {loudness}, {intensity}] [ant: {softness}]
    2: tasteless showiness [syn: {flashiness}, {garishness},
       {gaudiness}, {loudness}, {brashness}, {meretriciousness},
       {tawdriness}, {glitz}]
    

Loudness \Loud"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being loud.
   [1913 Webster]
    

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "loudness":
      amplitude, arsenic green, auditory effect, auditory phenomenon,
      blatancy, brazenness, clashing colors, coarseness, color clash,
      colorfulness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, dash, dazzle,
      dazzlingness, earthiness, extravagance, extravaganza,
      extravagation, flagrancy, flamboyance, flashiness, gaiety,
      garishness, gaudery, gaudiness, glare, glitter, gorgeousness,
      grossness, jaundiced yellow, jauntiness, jazziness, luridness,
      meretriciousness, noise, obscenity, obtrusiveness, panache, phone,
      rawness, ribaldry, roughness, rudeness, screaming color,
      sensationalism, shamelessness, shocking pink, showiness, sonance,
      sound, sound intensity level, sound propagation, sound wave,
      speech sound, sportiness, tawdriness, ultrasound, vulgarness