Sonorous
['sɒn(ə)rəs;sə'nɔːrəs] or ['sɑnərəs]
Definition
(a.) Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
(a.) Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.
(a.) Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.
(a.) Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
(a.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
Editor: Rodney
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Sounding, resonant, resounding, ringing.[2]. High-sounding.
Edited by Alison
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Resonant, {[louc'audible]?}, louc'audible_audible, ringing, clear, trumpetlike,high-sounding
ANT:Mute, muffled, dumb, soft_weak, inaudible, confused, powerless
Typed by Jed
Definition
adj. sounding when struck: giving a clear loud sound: high-sounding.—n. Sōnōres′cence the property possessed by hard rubber of emitting sound under intermittent radiant heat or light.—adj. Sōnōrif′ic making sound.—ns. Sōnor′ity sonorousness; Sōnō′rōphone a kind of bombardon.—adv. Sōnō′rously.—n. Sōnō′rousness sonorous quality or character.
Checker: Marsha
Examples
- One of Lydgate's gifts was a voice habitually deep and sonorous, yet capable of becoming very low and gentle at the right moment. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The magnificent melody of the Prayer in Rossini's Moses, sung in a sonorous bass voice, rose grandly through the suburban silence of the place. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- All eyes were fixed upon him as he stood--ponderous of frame, sonorous of voice, and with a manner which, though not graceful, was impressive. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Not here,' repeated Mrs Wilfer, in a stern sonorous voice. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The glass may be omitted save in cases where it is an object to have the metal sonorous. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The sonorous tongue of Hellas invests the most commonplace poems with a dignity and a charm which they would lose if translated. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Checker: Marsha