Resound definition

rĭ-zound
resounded resounding resounds
See word origin
Frequency:
To make a loud, prolonged, or reverberating sound.

The judge's gavel resounded in the courtroom.

verb
2
0
To echo or be filled with sound; reverberate.
verb
1
0
To make a loud, echoing, or prolonged sound.
verb
1
0
To be echoed; be repeated or prolonged.
verb
1
0
To be filled with sound; reverberate.

The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children.

verb
1
1
Advertisement
To be celebrated; be extolled.

An act that resounded through the ages.

verb
0
0
To give back (sound); echo.
verb
0
0
To give forth, utter, or repeat loudly.
verb
0
0
To proclaim (praises, etc.)
verb
0
0
(intransitive) To sound again.
verb
0
0
Advertisement
To echo a sound.
verb
0
0
(intransitive) To reverberate with sound or noise.

The street resounded with the noise of the children's game.

verb
0
0
(intransitive) To make a reverberating sound.

The sound of the brass band resounded through the town.

verb
0
0
To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo.
verb
0
0
To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.
verb
0
0
Advertisement
To be talked about, celebrated, or extolled.

News that resounded throughout the nation.

verb
0
1
To send back (sound).
verb
0
1
To utter or emit loudly.
verb
0
1
To celebrate or praise, as in verse or song.
verb
0
1

Origin of resound

  • Alteration (influenced by sound) of Middle English resounen from Old French resoner from Latin resonāre re- re- sonāre to sound swen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English resownen, from Old French resoner, from Latin resonare (“sound again, resound, echo")

    From Wiktionary

  • re- +"Ž sound

    From Wiktionary

Resound Sentence Examples

  • The extreme length of the limbs and the absence of a tail are other features of these small apes, which are thoroughly arboreal in their habits, and make the woods resound with their unearthly cries at night.

  • The words of the Blessed Saint Michael Collier still resound.

  • Notices should not resound with the language of ' threat '.

  • This is a state of mind where internally the name continues to resound even one is deep asleep.

  • The people, whose enthusiasm was now wound up to the highest pitch, again made the air resound with their loudest acclamations.

More sentences

Related articles

Also Mentioned In

Words near resound in the Dictionary