stentorian

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loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds

Giving us a last embracing and comprehensive glance he drew it, already pivoting Jupiter on the tight snaffle; his hair tossed beneath the cocked hat, the sabre flashed and glinted; he cried, not loud yet stentorian: Trot! Canter! Charge!.

Pertaining to very loud and resonant sounds
(of a voice) loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds
Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs
used of the voice
A stentorian voice is very loud and strong. He bellowed in a stentorian voice. a stentorian voice is very loud and powerful (Stentor man with a very loud voice in an ancient Greek story)
{s} very loud, powerful (of voice)
stentorious
stentoronic
stentorian

    Hyphenation

    sten·to·ri·an

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Stentor from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Stentōr) + -ian. Stentor was the herald of the Greek forces in the Iliad, noted for his loud voice.
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