English-Thai Dictionary

sonorous

ADJ ซึ่ง ก้องกังวาน  resonant vibrant resounding sueng-kong-kang-wan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SONOROUS

a.[L. sonorus, from sonus, sound. ] 1. Giving sound when struck. Metals are sonorous bodies.
2. Loud sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as a sonorous voice.
3. Yielding sound; as, the vowels are sonorous.
4. High sounding; magnificent of sound. The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarity of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression.

 

SONOROUSLY

adv. With sound; with a high sound.

 

SONOROUSNESS

n. 1. The quality of yielding sound when struck or coming in collision with another body; as the sonorousness of metals.
2. Having or giving a loud or clear sound; as the sonorousness of a voice or an instrument.
3. Magnificence of sound.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SONOROUS

So *no "rous, a. Etym: [L. sonorus, fr. sonor, -oris, a sound, akin to sonus a sound. See Sound. ]

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

4. Impressive in sound; high-sounding. The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression. Addison. There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. E. Everett.

 

5. (Med. )

 

Defn: Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep- toned; as, sonorous rhonchi. Sonorous figures (Physics ), figures formed by the vibrations of a substance capable of emitting a musical tone, as when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge of a piece of glass or metal on which sand is strewed, and the sand arranges itself in figures according to the musical tone. Called also acoustic figures. -- Sonorous tumor (Med. ), a tumor which emits a clear, resonant sound on percussion. -- So *no "rous *ly, adv. -- So *no "rous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sonorous

so no rous |ˈsänərəs ˈsɑnərəs | ▶adjective (of a person's voice or other sound ) imposingly deep and full. • capable of producing a deep or ringing sound: the alloy is sonorous and useful in making bells. • (of a speech or style ) using imposing language: they had expected the lawyers to deliver sonorous lamentations. DERIVATIVES so no rous ly adverb, so no rous ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin sonorus (from sonor ‘sound ’) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

sonorous

sonorous |ˈsɒn (ə )rəs, səˈnɔːrəs | ▶adjective (of a person's voice or other sound ) imposingly deep and full. • capable of producing a deep or ringing sound: the alloy is sonorous and useful in making bells. • (of a speech or style ) using imposing language: he relished the sonorous words of condemnation. DERIVATIVES sonorously adverb, sonorousness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin sonorus (from sonor ‘sound ’) + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sonorous

sonorous adjective 1 a sonorous voice: resonant, rich, full, round, booming, deep, clear, mellow, orotund, fruity, strong, resounding, reverberant. 2 sonorous words of condemnation: impressive, imposing, grandiloquent, magniloquent, high-flown, lofty, orotund, bombastic, grandiose, pompous, pretentious, overblown, turgid; oratorical, rhetorical; informal highfalutin.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sonorous

sonorous adjective 1 he read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice: resonant, rich, full, round, ringing, booming, vibrant, deep, clear, mellow, mellifluous, melodious, full-toned, orotund, full-bodied, fruity, strong, resounding, reverberating, reverberant, vibrating, pulsating; rare canorous. 2 he relished the sonorous words of condemnation: impressive, imposing, majestic, extravagant, grandiloquent, magniloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, lofty, rotund, orotund, bombastic, grandiose, pompous, pretentious, overblown, oratorical, rhetorical, turgid, flowery, florid, declamatory, Ciceronian; informal highfalutin; rare tumid, epideictic, fustian, euphuistic, aureate, Demosthenic, Demosthenean.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sonorous

so no rous /sənɔ́ːrəs |sɔ́n (ə )rəs /形容詞 1 〈音 声などが 〉響きわたる, 朗々とした .2 〈言葉などが 〉堂々とした, 格調の高い .～ly 副詞 響き渡って, (音 声が )堂々と .