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reverberant

Other forms: reverberantly

Definitions of reverberant
  1. adjective
    having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected
    “a reverberant room”
    “the reverberant booms of cannon”
    synonyms:
    bright, brilliant
    clear and sharp and ringing
    clinking
    like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped
    echoing, reechoing
    (of sounds) repeating by reflection
    hollow
    as if echoing in a hollow space
    jingling, jingly
    having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells
    live
    highly reverberant
    resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative
    characterized by resonance
    tinkling, tinkly
    like the short high ringing sound of a small bell
    vibrant
    (of sounds) strong and resonating
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    antonyms:
    unreverberant
    not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate
    anechoic
    not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent
    dead
    lacking acoustic resonance
    dull, thudding
    not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
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