Resounding

English

Noun

Resounding (plural Resoundings)

1. The action of the verb to resound

Adjective

Resounding (comparative more Resounding, superlative most Resounding)

1. Having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant
2. That causes reverberation
3. (by extension) emphatic, celebrated

   We had a resounding win against the rival team.

Derived terms

• resoundingly

Related terms

• resound

Verb

resounding

1. Present participle of resound.

Thesaurus

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

Etymology 1

resound + -ing

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹɪˈzaʊn.dɪŋ/, SAMPA: /r\I"zaUn.dIN/

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Etymology 2

re- +‎ sounding

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌɹiːˈsaʊnd.ɪŋ/, SAMPA: /%r\i:"saUnd.I}N/

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Translations

Adjective

having a deep, reverberating sound

Arabic: مجلجل (ar) (mujiljil)

French: résonnat (fr), résonnant (fr)