sonorous

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adjective

1. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound: mellow, orotund, plangent, resonant, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, vibrant. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
2. Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, swollen. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.

IN BRIEF: Producing sound. Also: Loud in sound.

The kettle drums had a sonorous quality during the entire symphony.

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Resonant; sounding.

For a list of words related to sonorous, see:

• Sound, Hearing, and Deafness - sonorous: resonating with sound; loud and deep-toned; rich and full in sound
• Extroverted, Outgoing, Outspoken, or Dramatic

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See words rhyming with "sonorous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fuldtonende, klangfuld, sonor, malmfuld

Nederlands (Dutch)
sonoor, klankvol, klinkend

Français (French)
adj. - sonore, ronflant, éclatant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sonor, volltönend, klangvoll

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ηχηρός, θορυβώδης, (για στιλ κ.λπ.) επιβλητικός

Italiano (Italian)
sonoro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sonoro, altissonante

Русский (Russian)
громкий, звонкий, способный издавать звук, издающий звук, высокопарный, торжественный, звуковой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sonoro

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ljudande, klangfull, imponerande, högtravande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
作响的, 能发出响亮声音的, 铿锵有力的, 语调夸张的, 响亮的, 洪亮的, 发音洪亮的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 作響的, 能發出響亮聲音的, 鏗鏘有力的, 語調誇張的, 響亮的, 洪亮的, 發音洪亮的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 낭랑한, 울려 퍼지는, 과장된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - よく通る, 鳴り響く, 堂々とした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طنان, جهوري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מצלצל, עמוק, רם, מלא, רב-רושם‬

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