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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 | ||
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