resounding

3 definitions found

resounding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Resound \Re*sound"\ (r?*zound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     Resounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Resounding.] [OE. resounen,
     OF. resoner, F. r['e]sonner, from L. resonare; pref. re- re-
     + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to make a noise.]
     1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.
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     2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound
        with song.
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     3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame . .
        . resounds back to them again." --South.
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     4. To be mentioned much and loudly. --Milton.
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     5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth
        resounded with his praise.
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resounding - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  resounding
      adj 1: characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the
             rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating,
             resounding, reverberating, reverberative]

resounding - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "resounding":
     assertive, boom, booming, consonant, deafening, ear-piercing,
     ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking, echo, echoic, echoing,
     forceful, forte, fortissimo, full, growl, growling, grumble,
     grumbling, insistent, lingering, loud, loud-sounding, loudish,
     orotund, pealing, persistent, piercing, plangent, reboant,
     reboation, rebound, rebounding, reecho, reechoing, repercussive,
     resound, reverberant, reverberating, reverberation, reverberatory,
     ringing, rotund, round, rumble, rumbling, sonorous, sounding,
     stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, thunder, thundering,
     thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous, undamped, vibrant,
     window-rattling