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Meaning of "big-sounding" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIG-SOUNDING

big-sounding  [ˈbɪɡˌsaʊndɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIG-SOUNDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Big-Sounding is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BIG-SOUNDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of big-sounding in the English dictionary

The definition of big-sounding in the dictionary is meant to be impressive in scale.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIG-SOUNDING


astounding
əˈstaʊndɪŋ
binding
ˈbaɪndɪŋ
brassfounding
ˈbrɑːsˌfaʊndɪŋ
compounding
ˈkɒmpaʊndɪŋ
ending
ˈɛndɪŋ
finding
ˈfaɪndɪŋ
founding
ˈfaʊndɪŋ
grounding
ˈɡraʊndɪŋ
odd-sounding
ˈɒdˌsaʊndɪŋ
outstanding
ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ
pending
ˈpɛndɪŋ
pounding
ˈpaʊndɪŋ
queer-sounding
ˈkwɪəˌsaʊndɪŋ
resounding
rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ
rounding
ˈraʊndɪŋ
sounding
ˈsaʊndɪŋ
spending
ˈspendɪŋ
standing
ˈstændɪŋ
surrounding
səˈraʊndɪŋ
understanding
ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIG-SOUNDING

big wheel
big White Chief
big-bang theory
big-boned
big-headed
big-hearted
big-heartedness
big-mouthed
big-note
big-room
big-style
big-ticket
big-time
big-timer
biga
bigamies
bigamist
bigamous
bigamously
bigamy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIG-SOUNDING

according
ascending
banding
bonding
branding
commanding
crowdfunding
defending
demanding
descending
expanding
funding
grinding
landing
lending
long-standing
mending
never-ending
notwithstanding
vending
winding

Synonyms and antonyms of big-sounding in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «big-sounding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIG-SOUNDING

Find out the translation of big-sounding to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of big-sounding from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «big-sounding» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大冠冕堂皇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grande- sonando
570 millions of speakers

English

big-sounding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़ा लग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السبر BIG-
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

большой звучащий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grande sonoridade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বড় বাদন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grande sonorité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terdengar besar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

große kling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ビッグな響き
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

큰 소리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gedhe-sounding
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lớn âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய ஒலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोठे-दणदणीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Büyük sondaj
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grande suono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielki brzmiący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

великий звучний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mare - sondare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

big - ηχώντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groot - klinkende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

big klingande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

big -klingende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of big-sounding

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG-SOUNDING»

The term «big-sounding» is normally little used and occupies the 139.225 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG-SOUNDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about big-sounding

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIG-SOUNDING»

Discover the use of big-sounding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to big-sounding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mind Hacks: Tips & Tricks for Using Your Brain
Give Big-Sounding Words to Big Concepts When you play the sine-wave speech MP3 (called SWS on the site) to your friend, don't tell her it's a voice. She'll just hear a beeping sound. Then let her hear the original voice of the same sentence,  ...
Tom Stafford, Matt Webb, 2004
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Mind Hacks: Tips & Tricks for Using Your Brain
Give Big-Sounding Words to Big Concepts When you play the sine-wave speech MP3 (called SWS on the site) to your friend, don't tell her it's a voice. She'll just hear a beeping sound. Then let her hear the original voice of the same sentence,  ...
Tom Stafford, Matt Webb, 2004
3
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions: Together with Death's Duell
Adj. ornament &c v.; beautified &c 847; ornate, florid, rich, flowery; euphuistic†, euphemistic; sonorous; high-sounding, big-sounding; inflated, swelling, tumid; turgid, turgescent; pedantic, pompous, stilted; orotund; high flown, high flowing; ...
John Donne, William Henry Draper, Izaak Walton, 1926
4
Yayla
Karen Buchanan, Patti Buchanan. "But when will I know enough to be a theologian, Daddy? I want to be one of those important people with a big- sounding name!" "Big-sounding names will have to wait. Yayla, if we do not hurry home, we are ...
Karen Buchanan, Patti Buchanan, 2007
5
CMJ New Music Report
Saxophonist Albert Ayler was considered a charlatan, a messiah and, not surprisingly, a bit of an enigma. He came out of the late- '50s R&B tradition of big sounding-saxophonists and his meaty tone and dry wavering texture is one of the most ...
6
The Anatomy Colouring and Workbook
Professor's tip You would expect that a big sounding muscle would be supplied by a big sounding nerve, right? Well think again – gluteus maximus is supplied by the inferior gluteal nerve (remember a model thinking his or her bottom is ...
Stuart Porter, 2008
7
Ski
Easy-Matic circuitry to adjust the recording level, automatically. Digital tape counter. Cue and review. Auto-Stop. Even an Auto-Sleep switch. And a price tag that sounds good, too. The 7 "yardstick Its big-sounding 7" dual cone speaker is the ...
8
The Synonym Finder
... Inf. high-falutin, big-sounding, lexiphanic, Rare, grandisonant; overdrawn, strained, affected, put-on; sesquipedalian, polysyllabic, Inf. jawbreaking. rthodox, adj. 1. (all of theological or religious doctrine) sound, correct, accurate, faithful, true, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
9
Idiocy: A Cultural History
Moreover, as often happens with big-sounding words that have no definite meaning, but are used habitually as if they had meaning, the meaningless name has been converted into a quasi-metaphysical something, so that many persons think, ...
Patrick McDonagh, 2008
10
English Drama 1586-1642: The Age of Shakespeare
hearers . . . gazing scaffolders' whose 'hair quite upright sets' when they see 'the stalking steps of his great personage | Graced with huff-cap terms and thundering threats . . . big-sounding sentences and words of state': Then weeneth he his ...
G. K. Hunter, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIG-SOUNDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term big-sounding is used in the context of the following news items.
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Telekinesis and Say Hi announce new albums and tour (dates, new …
Lead single "In a Future World" is a big-sounding, synth-driven song, and you can stream that (via KEXP) below. Album trailer and artwork also ... «Brooklyn Vegan, Jun 15»
2
Back (sorta) healed, Jim James and My Morning Jacket hit road
For the most part, "The Waterfall" is a big-sounding album with songs like "Spring (Among the Living)," "In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)" and "Thin ... «Detroit Free Press, Jun 15»
3
Additional funds welcome, but far from enough, road officials say
To illustrate why big-sounding numbers turn out not so grand in the road-building business, Hoepfner pointed out construction of a one-mile ... «The Macomb Daily, Jun 15»
4
Sasquatch! special: Talking to Glass Animals, Milo Greene and the …
“We definitely wanted to sound more finished,” Sheetz said. “We wanted a high-fidelity, big-sounding album. L.A. had a huge influence on that. «Daily Californian, Jun 15»
5
Dan Deacon remixed Death Cab for Cutie's "Black Sun" (listen)
Now, pop weirdo Dan Deacon has given its track "Black Sun" the remix treatment, turning the big-sounding song into something glitchier and ... «Brooklyn Vegan, May 15»
6
Rosy 11MP, but did 10MP achieve its goals?
FairMind: The usual big-sounding words to placate the less-knowledgeable citizens but it is short on implementation and supporting ... «Malaysiakini, May 15»
7
Audio: SIXX: A.M. Members Discuss First-Ever Headlining Tour On …
Adding him, as well as singers Melissa and Amber, to our touring lineup really allows us to create the big-sounding show we had always ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, May 15»
8
Tom Hardy is working on some big DC Comics related thing with …
Speaking to Collider, Tom mentioned a pretty big-sounding project about to go down with himself and DC Comics. And according to Mr Hardy ... «heatworld, May 15»
9
Rain Over St. Ambrose Unveil 'Still Waking Up' LP
A press release promises a big-sounding rock album, and describes it as "[reverberating] with anthemic singalongs, swampy fuzzed-out riff rock ... «Exclaim!, May 15»
10
MMJ gets back to nature with 'Waterfall'
"The Waterfall" is a big-sounding album that deals with big ideas on scales large and small. Like all My Morning Jacket records, it reflects ... «The Courier-Journal, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Big-Sounding [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/big-sounding>. Apr 2024 ».
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