Synonyms for sounding
ˈsaʊn dɪŋsound·ing

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1. soundingnoun

   a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line

   Antonyms:
   thin, profound, unhearable, inaudible

2. soundingadjective

   the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

   Antonyms:
   inaudible, thin, unhearable, profound

3. looking, soundingadjective

   appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

   "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk"

   Synonyms:
   looking

   Antonyms:
   thin, profound, unhearable, inaudible

4. soundingadjective

   having volume or deepness

   "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth

   Synonyms:
   looking

   Antonyms:
   profound, unhearable, inaudible, thin

5. soundingadjective

   making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form

   "harsh-sounding"

   Synonyms:
   looking

   Antonyms:
   thin, profound, inaudible, unhearable

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1. • Depth

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1. soundingadjective

   Synonyms:
   sonorous, resonant, sonant

2. soundingnoun

   Synonyms:
   bathymetry, examination, proclamation, resonance, reverberation

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1. List of paraphrases for "sounding":

   radiosonde, probe, ringing, probing

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How to use sounding in a sentence?

1. Andrew Bailey:

   I am probably sounding quite angry now, and I am.

2. Abigail Adams:

   We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

3. Homer:

   You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.

4. Jamie Bowden:

   That recession - for me it was a nasty kick in the teeth. For that, Labour are just too irresponsible, that's the thing with them, how can I say it without sounding patronizing? I don't think he's up to the job.

5. Will Humble:

   What I'd be focusing right now on is sounding the alarm to our hospital systems to get ready, because no matter what Will Humble do at this point, given where we are at the increase in cases, the exponential growth, taking into consideration the incubation period for this virus, we're going to go into surge capacity mode by the Fourth of July.