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REVERBERANT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected
Example:
the reverberant booms of cannon
Classified under:
Similar:
bright; brilliant (clear and sharp and ringing)
clinking (like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped)
echoing; reechoing ((of sounds) repeating by reflection)
hollow (as if echoing in a hollow space)
jingling; jingly (having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells)
live (highly reverberant)
resonant; resonating; resounding; reverberating; reverberative (characterized by resonance)
tinkling; tinkly (like the short high ringing sound of a small bell)
vibrant (of sounds that are strong and resonating)
Antonym:
unreverberant (not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate)
Derivation:
reverberance (having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant)
reverberate (to throw or bend back (from a surface))
reverberate (be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves)
reverberate (ring or echo with sound)
