Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss.

synonyms: earsplitting, thunderous, thundery.

Roget 404: loud, sonorous; high-sounding, big-sounding; deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous^†; thundering, deafening etc. v.; trumpet-tongued; ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening; piercing; obstreperous, rackety, uproarious; enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers.    shrill etc. 410 clamorous etc. (vociferous) 411 stentorian, stentorophonic^†.    ... show more