Pronunciations (2)
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/ɹɪˈzaʊn.dɪŋ/
Pronunciation notes
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ɹɪˈzaʊn.dɪŋ
Pronunciation notes
- GB
Adjective
Having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant.
That causes reverberation.
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He suddenly gave her a resounding kiss, which embarrassed me even more than his violence had done.
Emphatic, noteworthy.
Usage- broadly
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We had a resounding win against the rival team.
On this assessment, whatever one's personal criticisms, the Southern Region's booklet Want to Run a Railway? must be acknowledged a resounding success.
More examples (1)
Mr. Serra has managed to coax two legendary European actors out of retirement for the production: 79-year-old Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s wife and muse, plays an exiled French duchess and notorious libertine, and 73-year-old Helmut Berger, who appeared in several of Luchino Visconti’s films, takes the role of a freethinking German duke. But despite the big names attached, “Liberté” is a resounding failure.
Adjective
characterized by resonance
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a resonant voice