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noisy

/ˈnɔɪzi/
noi · sy

Adverb:noisily
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1

Making, given to making, or full of a lot of loud, unpleasant, or disruptive sound.

Example

"We asked to move to a corner table because the main dining room was far too noisy for conversation."


2

Containing or affected by a high level of random fluctuations, interference, or irrelevant data that obscures the underlying signal or pattern.

Example

"The researchers had to apply a smoothing filter to the noisy dataset before training the machine learning model."


3

Attracting attention by being excessively bright, garish, or ostentatious in color or design.

Example

"He arrived at the summer party wearing a noisy Hawaiian shirt covered in neon parrots."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Formed in the late 16th century from the noun 'noise' (borrowed from Old French 'noise', meaning din, disturbance, or quarrel, ultimately from Latin 'nausea') combined with the adjective-forming suffix '-y'.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Noisy. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/noisy
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