sonorous

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1. sonorous - Adjective

2. sonorous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.

Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.

Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.

Impressive in sound; high-sounding.

Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.

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heavy sounds Source: Internet

a herald chosen for his sonorous voice Source: Internet

Over the Classical period, the pieces became richer, more sonorous and more powerful. Source: Internet

Plus, the 5.2-litre V10 is an absolute monster, with its sonorous note screaming away just behind the driver's head, while myriad crackles, pops and bangs emanate from the exhausts with every lift of the throttle pedal. Source: Internet

Poietic description thus also deals with a quite special form of hearing (Varese called it 'the interior ear'): what the composer hears while imagining the work's sonorous results, or while experimenting at the piano, or with tape." Source: Internet

The vicar never required acknowledgement of his sonorous Latin; his pleasure in having found an apt quotation was its own reward. Source: Internet

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