Meaning

2 senses

  1. (not comparable)Emitting a sound.

    The sounding bell woke me up.

  2. (not comparable)Sonorous.

More definitions
  • making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
  • having volume or deepness
  • appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

Origin

From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.

From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms:looking

Word family

3 related words
Derivedsoundinglysoundingnessunsounding

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soundB2soundlysoundnesssoundtrackB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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