sonorous
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- full and loud and deep
- "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
Adj
- Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
- Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
- Wordy or grandiloquent.
- Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sonōrus, from sonor (“sound”), early 17th century.
Synonyms
boom-boom, booming, canorous, heavy, orotund, prolix, remugient, resonant, resounding, reverberant, rotund, sesquipedalian, sonoral, sonorous, tympanic, verbose, vibrant
Antonyms
high-pitched, nonsonorous, piping, reedy, tinny, unsonorous, whistling
Scrabble Score: 8
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