sonorous
Collocations
5ADJ.
grand, imposing, open, produced, tender
VERB + SONOROUS
give, hike, like
SONOROUS + NOUN
speeches, vowels
PREP.
in
ADV.
such, ultimately
Definitions
adj
Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
The highlight of the hike was the sonorous cave, which produced a ringing echo from the hiker’s shouts.
The Oath is redacted ; pronounced aloud by President Bailly, — and indeed in such a sonorous tone, that the cloud of witnesses, even outdoors, hear it, and bellow response to it.
Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
He was selected to give the opening speech thanks to his imposing, sonorous voice.
For this reason the Italian opera seldom sinks into a poorness of language, but, amidst all the meanness and familiarity of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression.
Wordy or grandiloquent.
Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow.
Vowels are more sonorous (acoustically powerful) than consonants, and so we perceive them as louder and lasting longer.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — full and loud and deep
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The highlight of the hike was the sonorous cave, which produced a ringing echo from the hiker’s shouts.
WiktionaryThe Oath is redacted ; pronounced aloud by President Bailly, — and indeed in such a sonorous tone, that the cloud of witnesses, even outdoors, hear it, and bellow response to it.
WiktionaryHe was selected to give the opening speech thanks to his imposing, sonorous voice.
WiktionaryI think I can still hear, hidden under the palm trees, her tender and sonorous voice like the song of wood pigeons.
Tatoeba · #10256213My opponent loves to give grand sonorous speeches that ultimately say nothing. I prefer to get straight to the point.
Tatoeba · #10660615The Portuguese language is spoken in Brazil with more open and sonorous vowels.
Tatoeba · #10722674