Resounding Meaning
/ɹɪˈzaʊn.dɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant.
adjThat causes reverberation.
Sentence Examples
It was a resounding success.
Sami heard a resounding yes from the crowd.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The team achieved a ____ victory, winning by twenty points and pleasing all fans.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team achieved a ____ victory, winning by a margin that surprised even their most loyal supporters.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English resound English -ing English resounding From resound + -ing.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He suddenly gave her a resounding kiss, which embarrassed me even more than his violence had done."
— 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
"On this assessment, whatever one's personal criticisms, the Southern Region's booklet Want to Run a Railway? must be acknowledged a resounding success."
— 1963 February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, in Modern Railways, page 73:
"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."
— 2018 March 1, A. J. Goldmann, “Revolution’s the Rage in German Theaters. But Don’t Expect Utopia.”, in New York Times:
"A tense hush — similar to those intervals of electrical stillness that separate the resoundings of a thunderstorm — fell upon the room."
— 2000, Harold Schechter, Nevermore, page 13:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The team achieved a ____ victory, winning by twenty points and pleasing all fans.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team achieved a ____ victory, winning by a margin that surprised even their most loyal supporters.