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SONOROUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sonorousness mean?
• SONOROUSNESS (noun)
The noun SONOROUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Familiarity information: SONOROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
plangency; resonance; reverberance; ringing; sonority; sonorousness; vibrancy
Hypernyms ("sonorousness" is a kind of...):
quality; timber; timbre; tone ((music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound))
Derivation:
sonorous (full and loud and deep)
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