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SONORITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Synonyms:
plangency; resonance; reverberance; ringing; sonority; sonorousness; vibrancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sonority" is a kind of...):
quality; timber; timbre; tone ((music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound))
Derivation:
sonorous (full and loud and deep)