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resounding adjective [ rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ ]

• unmistakable; emphatic.
• "the evening was a resounding success"
Similar: enormous, huge, massive, very great, tremendous, terrific, colossal, emphatic, decisive, conclusive, striking, impressive, outstanding, unmistakable, notable, noteworthy, memorable, remarkable, phenomenal, monumental, whopping, thumping, fantastic, ginormous,
• (of a sound) loud enough to reverberate.
• "a resounding smack across the face"
Similar: reverberant, reverberating, resonant, resonating, echoing, vibrant, ringing, sonorous, deep, rich, clear, loud, booming, thunderous, deafening,
Opposite: faint,

resound verb

• (of a sound, voice, etc.) fill or echo throughout a place.
• "another scream resounded through the school"
Similar: echo, re-echo, reverberate, ring out, fill the air, boom, peal, thunder, rumble,
• sing (the praises) of.
• "Horace resounds the praises of Italy"
Origin: late Middle English: from re- ‘again’ + the verb sound1, suggested by Old French resoner or Latin resonare ‘sound again’.


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