Definition of Sounding

Noun

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

Adjective

  • making or having a sound as specified
    used as a combining form
    "harsh-sounding"
  • having volume or deepness
    "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"
    "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
  • 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"
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Word games points for the Sounding

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Unscramble sounding

173 unscramble word found using the letters sounding.
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