tonantadj.
/ˈtəʊnənt/ Thundering, loud-sounding.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective]
loud971
stithc1000
strongOE
greata1375
stiff1377
wrastc1400
boistousc1430
stourc1440
big1549
routing1567
thundering?1576
full-mouthed1594
thunderous1606
tonitruous1606
thundery1608
trump-like1609
full-mouth1624
voluminousa1635
rousing1640
altisonous1661
lusty1672
tonitrual1693
rending1719
trumpet-like1814
foudroyant1840
clarion1842
trumpeting1850
trumpet-toned1851
loudish1860
tonitruant1861
tonant1891
thunderful1898
high1923
wham-bam1960
1891 G. Meredith Reading of Life (1901) 122 Nay, nor so tonant thunders the stress of the gale in the oak-trees.
1898 G. Meredith Napoleon xiii The penetrant, the tonant, tower of towers, Striking from black disaster starry showers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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