SOUND
ADJECTIVES
► ABRASIVE of sound: harsh, grating, strident → 1861
► ACOUSTICAL of the nature of sound; involving sound → 1803
► BASS low in sound, barely audible, soft → c1450 obs.
► BREME strong, distinct, or clear in sound → 1340 obs.
► BUTTERY of sound, music, a voice, etc.: mellow, smooth, and pleasant → 1864
► CACOPHONIC ill-sounding → 1847
► CACOPHONICAL ill-sounding → 1847
► CACOPHONIOUS harsh-sounding, having a disagreeable sound → 1833
► CACOPHONOUS ill-sounding, having a harsh or unpleasant sound → 1797
► CLARISONOUS having a clear sound; sounding loud or shrill → 1731
► CO-SONANT sounding alike, rhyming → 1856
► CRAGGY of sound: rough, harsh → 1774
► DEAF of sounds: so dull as to be hardly or indistinctly heard; muffled → 1612 obs.
► DOWF of a sound: dull, flat, hollow → 1768 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DULCID sweet or pleasing, esp. in sound → 1596
► DULCISONANT sounding sweetly → 1656 obs.
► FAIR of sounds, odours, etc.: agreeable, delightful → a1000 obs.
► FLUCTISONOUS sounding or roaring with waves → 19C
► GAUNT of a sound: suggestive of desolation → 1814 obs.
► GRANDISONANT stately-sounding → 1684
► GRAVISONOUS having a deep or heavy sound → 1727 obs.
► GRAVITONED having a low-pitched, deep tone → 1657 obs.
► HARMONIC melodious, tuneful, sweet-sounding → 1815
► HASK harsh in sound, tone, or manner → 1594 Sc.
► HORRISONANT sounding horribly; making a terrible or dreadful sound → 1656
► HORRISONOUS making a horrible sound → 1631 obs.
► LUCTISONOUS making a mournful sound → 1721 obs.
► MAGNISONANT high sounding → a1843
► MEGALOPHONOUS of imposing sound → 1819 Burlesque
► MELLISONANT sweet-sounding → 1634
► MUDDY of sound: blurred, not clearly defined → 1950
► MULTISONANT producing many sounds; also, making much noise → 1656 poetic usage
► MULTISONOUS producing many sounds → 1834 poetic usage
► MUSHY of sound: poorly reproduced, indistinct → 1924
► POLYPHONOUS involving the production of many sounds or voices; many-voiced → 1677
► RAUCID hoarse, raucous, harsh-sounding → 1730
► RUSTY of a sound: harsh, grating, raucous; of a person’s voice: hoarse, croaky → 1430
► SILVER of sounds: having a clear gentle resonance like that of silver; soft-toned, melodious → 1526
► SMART of a sound: short and sharp; abrupt and loud → 1400
► SPRIGHTLY of a sound, tune, etc.: bright, clear, cheerful; lively, energetic → 1611
► STENTORIOUS extremely loud or powerful in sound → a1500
► STENTORONIC of the voice: very loud and far-reaching; hence, said of uttered sounds, songs, laughter, and the like; extremely loud and powerful in sound → 1762
► SYMPHONIC having the same sound; pronounced alike → 1880
► SYMPHONIOUS having the same sound → 1786
► SYMPHONOUS harmonious; full of harmony of sounds; sounding pleasantly together or with something else → 1814
► TONOUS having a full tone or sound; sonorous → 1773
► SILVERED of sounds: sweet-toned or silver-toned → 1642 obs.
INTERJECTIONS
► BRING THE NOISE! turn up the volume → 1994 African-American sl.
NOUNS
► ACOUSTICON a device used to assist hearing or amplify sound → 1660
► BABEL a confused turbulent medley of sounds; meaningless noise → a1529
► BASENESS lowness or feebleness in sound; deepness in tone → 1609 obs.
► BLUTE a sudden burst of sound → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOFF a stroke with the hand that causes a hollow sound; the sound thus produced → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CACOPHONY the quality of having an ill sound; the use of harsh-sounding words or phrases → 1656
► DEAN ► DEEN ► DENE a din, noise; a sound → 1691 Eng. dial.
► DERRUM a deafening noise; a confusion of sounds → 1879 Eng. dial.
► HARMOGE a harmony of colours or sounds → 1601 obs.
► LATE voice, sound → a1300 obs.
► MEOUT a slight sound, the least noise → 1905 Sc. & Ireland (Bk.)
► POLYACOUSTIC an instrument that amplifies a sound → 1684 obs.
► POLYPHONISM multiplication of sounds or voices; also, mimicry → 1713
► POLYPHONY multiplicity of sounds or voices; mimicry, ventriloquism → 1828
► QUATCH a word, a sound → a1635 obs.
► TANG a sweet and pleasant sound → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TEET the smallest sound; the least word → 19C Sc.
► THUNG a dull heavy sound, as of a blow with the fist, but with some resonance → 1890
► V volume, as on a stereo → 1970s US sl.
► VACAYA any mechanical or electrical device that produces sound; a jukebox, a record player → 2002 UK sl.
► WAFF of sounds: a soft strain; a faint echo; a murmur → 1832 Sc.
► YAP a sound → 1950s sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ACOUSTICIAN one skilled in the science of sound; a student of acoustics → 1826
► CACOPHONOPHILIST a lover of harsh sounds → 1994 (Bk.)
► GAFFOON a sound-effects man → 1962 Amer. broadcasting sl. (Bk.)
► TAPOLOGIST a sound-recording expert → 1954
► WINCHELL a sound-recording worker → 1975 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► CACOPHONIZE to make cacophonous (see SOUND – adjectives) → 1872
► DILL to still, to deaden sound; to lull a child to sleep → 1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DUMBSOUND to deaden the sound or noise of something → 1882 obs.
► HEAR to sound nicely → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUOTE to echo, to sound → 1941 Amer. dial.
► SWEY to sound, to make a sound, to resound → 1000 obs.
► SYMPHONIZE to have the same or a similar sound, to sound alike → 1856
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