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SONOROUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sonorousness mean? 

SONOROUSNESS (noun)
  The noun SONOROUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonantplay

  Familiarity information: SONOROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SONOROUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

plangency; resonance; reverberance; ringing; sonority; sonorousness; vibrancy

Hypernyms ("sonorousness" is a kind of...):

quality; timber; timbre; tone ((music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound))

Derivation:

sonorous (full and loud and deep)


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