resonant

adjective res·o·nant \ ˈre-zə-nənt , ˈrez-nənt \

Updated on: 24 Apr 2018

Definition of resonant

1 : continuing to sound : echoing

2 a : capable of inducing resonance

b : relating to or exhibiting resonance

3 a : intensified and enriched by or as if by resonance

a resonant voice

b : marked by grandiloquence

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resonant

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Examples of resonant in a Sentence

the resonant tones of the piano
He has a deep, resonant voice.
His words were resonant with meaning.

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Kasell's voice, resonant and reassuring, with a lilting trace of his North Carolina tobacco country heritage, helped define NPR as an emerging force in news broadcasting.

— adam bernstein, Anchorage Daily News, "Carl Kasell, NPR broadcaster who brought gravitas and goofiness to the airwaves, dies at 84," 17 Apr. 2018
The strong, delicate, poetically resonant text has become a kind of national scripture, recited happily or mournfully, as the occasion requires.

— chris stirewalt, Fox News, "What firing Mueller would mean for the GOP," 10 Apr. 2018
His ace in the hole is his showstopping voice: a resonant, husky baritone, wounded and vulnerable.

— benjamin shapiro, The New Yorker, "Colter Wall, the Canadian Cowboy," 7 Apr. 2018
The Civil War monuments here are the most peculiarly resonant with our current cultural moment, but there are other lovely works.

— cate mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, "Bringing realism to the heroic in ‘The Sculpture of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’," 6 Apr. 2018
The powertrain engineers also did right by the engine sound: The 3.3-liter turbo engine puts out a nice low burble, surprisingly resonant for a turbo engine, that rises to a heated warble at 6,000 rpm.

— dan neil, WSJ, "2018 Kia Stinger GT2: The Best German Car to Come Out of South Korea," 6 Apr. 2018
The result is a Jesus who is a radical revolutionary fighting against the establishment — a very resonant idea in 1970.

— kimberly winston, Houston Chronicle, "The stormy, surprising history of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’," 1 Apr. 2018
Joseph Lattanzi recreates his Hawkins Fuller splendidly, bringing out the character’s deeply conflicted nature with a resonant baritone and a charismatic stage presence.

— john von rhein, chicagotribune.com, "A gay love affair in '50s D.C. plays out to touching effect in 'Fellow Travelers'," 18 Mar. 2018
Ordinary sounds are jacked up to a paranoid pitch; when Joe takes a jelly bean and squeezes it, there is a granular crunch, and his trudge along a dusty track is as resonant as the march of a platoon.

— dexter filkins, The New Yorker, "“You Were Never Really Here” and “A Quiet Place”," 30 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of resonant

1592

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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cacophony, chorister, concerto, counterpoint, madrigal, obbligato, presto, refrain, riff, segue

RESONANT Defined for English Language Learners

resonant

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Definition of resonant for English Language Learners

: producing a loud, clear, deep sound
: strongly affecting someone especially with a particular quality

RESONANT Defined for Kids

resonant

adjective res·o·nant \ ˈre-zə-nənt \

Definition of resonant for Students

: making a long loud, clear, and deep sound

a resonant voice

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resonantly

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resonant

adjective res·o·nant \ ˈrez-ᵊn-ənt, ˈrez-nənt \

medical Definition of resonant

1 : capable of inducing resonance

2 : relating to or exhibiting resonance

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