1
as in ringing
marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones
the tenor's orotund voice was just what this soaring aria needs
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2
as in rhetorical
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
a master of the orotund prose that is favored by academic journals of literary criticism
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Recent Examples of orotund
But the extravagance of Tudor self-aggrandizement is almost comical, and it wasn’t limited to the orotund Henry plastering his face onto biblical kings.
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Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2022
Novoselov had a boisterous, orotund way of talking that even the interpreter seemed to have trouble making sense of.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2022
Novoselov had a boisterous, orotund way of talking that even the interpreter seemed to have trouble making sense of.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orotund
Adjective
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Hana liked it enough to take some home, which in the Test Kitchen is a ringing endorsement!—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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At the moment, Breslow has its ringing endorsement.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Steyer’s emphasis on reducing regulatory barriers and permitting costs to address California’s housing crisis represents a substantive policy contribution that could appeal to voters prioritizing pragmatic solutions over rhetorical combat.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the following chapters of Quand j’étais photographe, Nadar plays on the rhetorical and material slipperiness of invention to craft a curious portrait of photography’s first fifty-odd years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Twin sisters Jordan and Jaedyn Gomez, playing for Boone, lost their second round individual bracket doubles match 6-0, 6-0 against Doral Academy’s top seeded duo of Payton Seidle-Lubowitz and Stefany Zamora.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The product design for the pull-on skinny and flare denim sought to tackle frequent fit issues women have with jeans—such as waist gaps and hip dips—with waist-smoothing paneling and padding and contour seaming to lift and round wearers’ hips.—
Sarah Jones,
Footwear News,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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On average, its white blooms appear late April to early May, and develop into interesting inflated three-sided seed pods by autumn.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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Baldoni’s attorneys pushed back, calling the projections speculative and wildly inflated.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Cloudy, reverberating bass mingles with sonorous, textural guitar loops courtesy of Mark Clifford, while Sarah Peacock’s spellbinding vocals ooze over the mix.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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The Ballet Orchestra, close to wrapping its 50th anniversary season, sounded especially sonorous in the score’s horn passages.—
Rachel Howard,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That public spat has overshadowed his pontifical tour of four African countries, which ended Thursday with a Mass for thousands of people in Malabo, the former capital of Equatorial Guinea.—
Claudio Lavanga,
NBC news,
23 Apr. 2026
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The bishops further authorized a new edition of the Roman Pontifical for pontifical Masses, expected to be completed by 2027, with Vatican approval pending for some rites, according to the Catholic News Agency.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Much of it was lost to the audience, since reverberant amplification gave heroic heft to Blanchett’s voice at the cost of intelligibility.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Flashing lights and reverberant noises may send pets into a frenzy over the holiday.—
Logan Holland,
People.com,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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These ferns feature shiny, vibrant green leaves.—
Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
2 May 2026
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These annual and perennial flowers quickly fill out pots and start blooming early in the season with vibrant color that continues all season long.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Orotund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orotund. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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