sonorous
giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.
loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound.
rich and full in sound, as language or verse.
high-flown; grandiloquent: a sonorous speech.
Origin of sonorous
1Other words for sonorous
Other words from sonorous
- so·no·rous·ly, adverb
- so·no·rous·ness, noun
- mul·ti·so·no·rous, adjective
- mul·ti·so·no·rous·ly, adverb
- mul·ti·so·no·rous·ness, noun
- un·so·no·rous, adjective
- un·so·no·rous·ly, adverb
- un·so·no·rous·ness, noun
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How to use sonorous in a sentence
His voice fits the sunny sanctuary, managing to be light yet sonorous.
Senator Raphael Warnock Is Running Again for the Soul of Georgia | Tayari Jones | June 23, 2022 | TImeThere was Radim Palouš, the sonorous philosophical godfather of Kampademia.
At the end, the sonorous Welles concludes with a little talk about Halloween.
When Mars Attacked 75 Years Ago—And Everyone Believed It | Marc Wortman | October 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFranklin Roosevelt's addresses in 1933 and 1937 remain alive, as does the sonorous rhetoric of John F. Kennedy's address in 1961.
The ancient cities, the dreamy harbors, the sonorous street names that no longer existed.
In my youth, you heard, side-by-side, the church bells ringing and the beautiful, sonorous call to prayer of the muezzin.
Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinPausing at the threshold before opening the door, the sonorous mumble sounding through the deal panels misled me.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydJerry hit the instrument as he spoke and drowned his own voice in its sonorous roar.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneOver me, away off, as if from the heavens, I heard a sonorous rumble of mystery words.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydI should think 'twould make a splendid subject—you could use such sonorous, resounding words.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
British Dictionary definitions for sonorous
/ (səˈnɔːrəs, ˈsɒnərəs) /
producing or capable of producing sound
(of language, sound, etc) deep or resonant
(esp of speech) high-flown; grandiloquent
Origin of sonorous
1Derived forms of sonorous
- sonority (səˈnɒrɪtɪ), noun
- sonorously, adverb
- sonorousness, noun
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