Definition of stentorian
:extremely loud
- spoke in stentorian tones
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Examples of stentorian in a Sentence
the professor's stentorian voice was enough to keep even the drowsiest student awake
Recent Examples of stentorian from the Web
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This leader should evoke MLK or Mandela, whose moral rhetoric was stentorian, all about delivering freedom to an oppressed people.
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While his delivery was every bit as stentorian as promised, the quality of Rees-Mogg’s rhetoric and sly humor far outstripped that of the others on his own side as well as his opponents.
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As Ernesto, Harold Wilson, a stentorian bass, sang with impressive focus, carrying power and quiet charisma.
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But the music is drowned out by the stentorian instructions of volunteers in fluorescent green vests.
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The television journalists with their trench coats and stentorian inflections.
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Kalmar employed a musical saw, which gave just the right subtle color -- similar to that of a theremin - to help break from the stentorian pounding of the first and third movements.
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But at times, McMaster, in a stentorian performance, almost seemed to be willing the administration onto better political ground with the strength of his rhetoric.
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In this performance, the men of the impressive Westminster Symphonic Choir marched down the aisles of the hall, then stood there, in the midst of the audience, to sing that prayer with stentorian fervor.
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Did You Know?
The Greek herald Stentor was known for having a voice that came through loud and clear. In fact, in the Iliad, Homer described Stentor as a man whose voice was as loud as that of fifty men together. Stentor's powerful voice made him a natural choice for delivering announcements and proclamations to the assembled Greek army during the Trojan War, and it also made his name a byword for any person with a loud, strong voice. Both the noun stentor and the related adjective stentorian pay homage to the big-voiced warrior, and both have been making noise in English since the early 17th century.
First Known Use of stentorian
1605
stentorian Synonyms
Synonyms
blaring, blasting, booming, clamorous, clangorous, deafening, earsplitting, piercing, plangent, resounding, ringing, roaring, slam-bang, sonorous, loud, thundering, thunderousAntonyms
gentle, low, softRelated Words
brazen, dinning, discordant, noisy, obstreperous, raucous, rip-roaring, vociferous; grating, harsh, overloud, sharp, shrill, squealing, stridentNear Antonyms
dead, quiet, silent, still, stilly, ultraquiet; calm, dreamy, peaceful, restful, serene, soothing, tranquil; hushed, muffled, muted, softened, toned (down)Synonym Discussion of stentorian
loud, stentorian, earsplitting, raucous, strident mean marked by intensity or volume of sound. loud applies to any volume above normal and may suggest undue vehemence or obtrusiveness.
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- loud shouts of protest
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- an actor with a stentorian voice
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- the earsplitting sound of a siren
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- the raucous shouts of drunken revelers
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- the strident voices of hecklers
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