| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce noise |
Synonyms: |
babble, bang, bark, blare, blow, boom, burst, buzz, cackle, chatter, clack, clang, clank, clap, clatter, clink, crash, creak, detonate, echo, emit, explode, hum, jabber, jangle, jar, moan, murmur, patter, play, rattle, reflect, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, roar, rumble, shout, shriek, shrill, sing, slam, smash, snort, squawk, thud, thump, thunder, toot, trumpet, vibrate, whine, whisper |
Antonyms: |
quiet |
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give the impression |
Synonyms: |
appear, appear to be, look, seem, strike as being |
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
deaf, faint, loud, acoustic, altitonant, amphorous, anechoic, assonant, audible, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, borborygmic, buccinal, cacuminal, closed, distinct, dumb, foudroyant, glad, inaudible, isacoustic, monophonic, mum, mute, noisy, non, quadraphonic, quiet, rataplan, raucous, reel, rooped, roupy, singultous, soft, sonant, sonic, soniferous, sonorific, sonorous, sounding, soundproof, stereophonic, stertorous, still, stone, supersonic, throaty, tone
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| Concept: | Sound. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
produce sound; sound, make a noise; give out sound, emit sound; resound.
-adjectives
sounding; soniferous; sonorous, sonorific; resonant, audible, distinct; stertorous; phonetic; phonic, phonocamptic.
-phrases
"a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]; forensis strepitus.
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Antonyms: |
silence |
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| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack with words |
Synonyms: |
backbite, bad-mouth, bash, belittle, berate, blow off, calumniate, cap, castigate, cuss out, cut down, cut to the quick, decry, defame, derogate, discount, do a number on, dump on, give a black eye, hurl brickbat, insult, knock*, minimize, nag, offend, oppress, persecute, pick on, put down*, rag on, reproach, revile, ride*, rip up, run down, scold, signify, slam*, slap, sling mud, smear, sound*, swear at, tear apart, trash*, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, zing |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
Antonyms: |
acclaim, adulate, approve, commend, compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seem |
Synonyms: |
have the appearance, look as if, look like, occur, resemble, sound, strike one as |
Antonyms: |
be real |
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit or knock loudly |
Synonyms: |
boom, burst, clang, clatter, crash, detonate, drum, echo, explode, make noise, peal, rattle, resound, sound, thump, thunder |
Antonyms: |
tap |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sound, usually with instrument |
Synonyms: |
blare, blast, honk, mouth, pipe, play, sound, toot, trumpet, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crash; make loud sound |
Synonyms: |
bang, blast, burst, clap, crack, drum, explode, resound, reverberate, roar, roll, rumble, slam, smash, sound, thunder, wham |
| Main Entry: | chime |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ring, peal |
Synonyms: |
bell, bong, boom, clang, dong, jingle, knell, sound, strike, tinkle, tintinnabulate, toll |