English adjective: sounding | |||
1. | sounding appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms | ||
Samples | Left their clothes dirty looking. A most disagreeable looking character. Angry-looking. Liquid-looking. Severe-looking policemen on noble horses. Fine-sounding phrases. Taken in by high-sounding talk. | ||
Synonyms | looking | ||
Similar | superficial | ||
Antonyms | profound | ||
2. | sounding having volume or deepness | ||
Samples | Sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. The sounding cataract haunted me like a passion. | ||
Similar | full | ||
Antonyms | thin | ||
3. | sounding making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form | ||
Samples | Harsh-sounding. | ||
Similar | audible, hearable | ||
Antonyms | inaudible, unhearable | ||
English noun: sounding | |||
1. | sounding (attribute) a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deepness, depth | ||
2. | sounding (act) the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration | ||