stentorian

  • 11stentorian — adj. Stentorian is used with these nouns: ↑tone, ↑voice …

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  • 12stentorian — sten|to|ri|an [stenˈto:riən] adj literary [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Stentor man with a very loud voice in an ancient Greek story] a stentorian voice is very loud and powerful …

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  • 13stentorian — sten|to|ri|an [ sten tɔriən ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY a stentorian voice sounds very loud and severe …

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  • 14stentorian — [17] Stentor was a Greek warrior in the Trojan war, whose abnormally loud voice earned him the job of herald (his name was derived from the Greek verb sténein ‘groan, moan’). Stentorian, based on late Latin stentoreus or Greek stentóreios,… …

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  • 15stentorian — adjective literary a stentorian voice is very loud and powerful …

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  • 16stentorian — adjective his stentorian voice resonated throughout the theater Syn: loud, thundering, thunderous, ear splitting, deafening; powerful, strong, carrying; booming, resonant; strident Ant: quiet, soft …

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  • 17stentorian — UK [stenˈtɔːrɪən] / US [stenˈtɔrɪən] adjective mainly literary a stentorian voice sounds very loud and severe …

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  • 18stentorian — sten•to•ri•an [[t]stɛnˈtɔr i ən, ˈtoʊr [/t]] adj. very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice[/ex] • Etymology: 1595–1605; Stentor a herald in the Iliad with a loud voice (< GkSténtōr) + ian …

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  • 19stentorian — /stɛnˈtɔriən / (say sten tawreeuhn) adjective very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice …

  • 20stentorian — [17] Stentor was a Greek warrior in the Trojan war, whose abnormally loud voice earned him the job of herald (his name was derived from the Greek verb sténein ‘groan, moan’). Stentorian, based on late Latin stentoreus or Greek stentóreios,… …

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