resound

[ ri-zound ]

verb (used without object)

1. to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
2. to make an echoing sound, or sound loudly, as a metallic object:

   A gong resounded.

3. to ring or be echoed, as sounds.
4. to be celebrated or notably important:

   His name resounds in the pages of history.

verb (used with object)

1. to reecho (a sound).
2. to give forth or utter loudly.
3. to proclaim loudly (praise, disapproval, etc.).

resound

/ rɪˈzaʊnd /

verb

1. to ring or echo with sound; reverberate

   the hall resounded with laughter

2. to make a prolonged echoing noise

   the trumpet resounded

3. (of sounds) to echo or ring
4. to be widely famous

   his achievements resounded throughout India

Word History and Origins

Origin of resound¹

1350–1400; Middle English resounen < Middle French resoner < Latin resonāre, equivalent to re- re- + sonāre to sound ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of resound¹

C14: from Old French resoner , from Latin resonāre to sound again

Example Sentences

Earnings calls are resounding with executives’ worries over their lost manufacturing capacity.

From Quartz

The kitchen resounded with the sounds of conversation and laughter.

From Eater

During mating season, ponds resound with the sounds of hundreds of males from many different species crying out to potential mates.

From Science News

A woodpecker drummed somewhere behind us, resounding through the hollow.

From Washington Post

Their underground burrows resound with near-constant chirps, grunts, squeaks and squeals.

From Science News

Not in the wildest days of Eastcheap revelry did it resound in any one key of vinous harmony.

From Project Gutenberg

Just how a name could resound “in golden letters” is a difficult question.

From Project Gutenberg

The pounding, flopping and scratching on the hollow roof made the stable resound like the big drum in an Orange parade.

From Project Gutenberg

By this time the beach was lined with women and children, who caused the air to resound with the most horrid yells and screams.

From Project Gutenberg

Then a burst of laughter would resound and she would turn her eyes to see her father gazing at her with eyes full of reproach.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• echo
• reverberate
• vibrate