'Resounding' definitions:
Definition of 'resounding'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative]
Definition of 'Resounding'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame . . . resounds back to them again." --South. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be mentioned much and loudly. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'resounding'
From: Moby 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