RESOUNDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does resounding mean? 

• RESOUNDING (adjective)
  The adjective RESOUNDING has 1 sense:

1. characterized by resonance

  Familiarity information: RESOUNDING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESOUNDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by resonance

Synonyms:

resonant; resonating; resounding; reverberating; reverberative

Context example:

hear the rolling thunder

Similar:

reverberant (having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected)

 Context examples 

Suddenly there was a shrill cry of alarm, with the word "Stoa" resounding from a hundred tongues.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As he groped his way across the hall he stumbled over a toy-cart, left there by one of his numerous nephews and nieces, and brought up against a door with a resounding bang.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Such were the kind of lamentations resounding perpetually through Longbourn House.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He threw one arm down to protect the stomach, the other arm up to protect the head; but Wolf Larsen’s fist drove midway between, on the chest, with a crushing, resounding impact.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Ask just about any parent whether napping has benefits and you'll likely hear a resounding "yes," particularly for the child's mood, energy levels, and school performance.

(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An oath from Perrault, the resounding impact of a club upon a bony frame, and a shrill yelp of pain, heralded the breaking forth of pandemonium.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

As the sails rose to the wind, and the ship began to move, there broke from all the boats three resounding cheers, which those on board took up, and echoed back, and which were echoed and re-echoed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

As he came out of his room he heard the slosh of water, a sharp exclamation, and a resounding smack as his sister visited her irritation upon one of her numerous progeny.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He suddenly gave her a resounding kiss, which embarrassed me even more than his violence had done.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The earthy smell, the sunless air, the sensation of the world being shut out, the resounding of the organ through the black and white arched galleries and aisles, are wings that take me back, and hold me hovering above those days, in a half-sleeping and half-waking dream.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)