resounding

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English

Etymology 1

resound +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzaʊn.dɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ

Adjective

resounding (comparative more resounding, superlative most resounding)

  1. Having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant.
    Synonyms: canorous, remugient; see also Thesaurus:sonorous
  2. That causes reverberation.
  3. (by extension) Emphatic, noteworthy.
    Synonyms: huge, massive, tremendous
    We had a resounding win against the rival team.
    • 1963 February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, in Modern Railways, page 73:
      On this assessment, whatever one's personal criticisms, the Southern Region's booklet Want to Run a Railway? must be acknowledged a resounding success.
    • 2018 March 1, A. J. Goldmann, “Revolution’s the Rage in German Theaters. But Don’t Expect Utopia.”, in New York Times:
      Mr. Serra has managed to coax two legendary European actors out of retirement for the production: 79-year-old Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s wife and muse, plays an exiled French duchess and notorious libertine, and 73-year-old Helmut Berger, who appeared in several of Luchino Visconti’s films, takes the role of a freethinking German duke. But despite the big names attached, “Liberté” is a resounding failure.
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Noun

resounding (plural resoundings)

  1. gerund of resound
    • 2000, Harold Schechter, Nevermore, page 13:
      A tense hush — similar to those intervals of electrical stillness that separate the resoundings of a thunderstorm — fell upon the room.

Etymology 2

resound +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Verb

resounding

  1. present participle and gerund of resound
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