resounding
Americanadjective
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making an echoing sound.
a resounding thud.
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uttered loudly.
resounding speech.
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impressively thorough or complete.
a resounding popular success.
adjective
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clear and emphatic; unmistakable
a resounding vote of confidence
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full of or characterized by resonance; reverberating
a resounding slap
Other Word Forms
- resoundingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of resounding
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; resound, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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For all its awards misfires, “Wicked: For Good” was still a resounding success for Universal Pictures, which stands to gain heavily from the “Wicked” films’ combined worldwide gross of almost $1.3 billion.
From Los Angeles Times
Nanuq and Boomer put their ears back, stood on their hind legs, and slammed into each other with a resounding thump.
From Literature
It sent a resounding statement to the other star players who have joined Saudi-backed LIV: If they also want to bail out, there was now a clear path for PGA Tour comebacks.
This makes her advice more intriguing than the stock offering, “keep writing,” that is the resounding chorus of the craft-of-writing genre.
Because the answer was always a resounding no.
From Literature
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