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ringing

2 3.2

A loud clear tone a voice or speech has that sounds like an echo

noun
/ˈrɪŋɪŋ/

: resonancia

Jane Fleck was awakened by the soft ringing of the telephone on the night table beside her.

So I just hear ringing if it's too quiet and it's it's pretty chaotic.

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Examples

And that has a certain bell ringing quality to it.
Much as she tried to ignore it, the ringing would not go away.

Fiction book (1999)
Tinnitus is a ringing in your ears.

Werewolf Cabal (2022)
The next morning, the ringing phone dragged Tess from the depths of sleep.

Fiction book (1996)
I fell into a deep sleep and awoke to the shrill ringing of the doorbell.

Fiction book (1993)
The muezzin of the mosque calls the faithful to prayer in ringing tones.

Academic text (2004)
The barge finishes rounding the curve, and the ringing grows louder.

Fiction book (2001)
Frida, panicking and putting on large boots, hears the ringing through her cordless phone.

Fiction book (1999)
The musician produced a beautiful ringing sound from the newly crafted bell.
We listened to the ringing of church bells echoing across the valley.

Synonyms

dong

vsringing

35 5.8

A deep sound a large bell or clock makes when it rings

describes the overall loud, echoing quality rather than one strike

Ding Dongs

vsringing

33 4.2

Clear ringing sounds that bells make

denotes a louder, more sustained and echoing sonic quality

resonance

vsringing

4 5.8

A deep full sound that echoes and fills a space

is the same audible quality described in more general words

bell ringing

vsringing

1 3.3

A sound made by bells during a ceremony or musical performance

is the broader acoustic quality not limited to musical performances

toll

vsringing

1 6.3

The slow deep sound a bell makes when hit

covers loud, resonant sounds generally, not only slow repeated strikes

sonority

vsringing

1 7.5

A full, deep sound that fills a space

is the familiar description of loud, clear, echoing sound

tintinnabulation

vsringing

Archaic

1 9.9

A light ringing sound made by bells or wind chimes

emphasizes a deeper, fuller echoing sound rather than a light tinkle

reverberance

vsringing

Specialized

1 8.7

A loud, full sound that echoes and stays in the air

is the general term for loud, resonant echoing sound

sonorousness

vsringing

1 8.4

A deep, full sound that fills a room or hall

is the everyday label for that loud, echoing sound quality

plangency

vsringing

Literature

1 9.9

A loud, deep, mournful sound that moves people

is neutral in mood and does not imply sadness in sound

resonation

vsringing

Specialized

1 6.9

A repeating sound that continues after the first sound stops

focuses on the resulting loud, resonant sound rather than the process

Antonyms

quiet

143 1.0

A calm time with little or no sound

muffled

52 3.7

A sound made quieter and less clear by something covering or blocking it

Compounds

bell ringing

1 3.3

A sound made by bells during a ceremony or musical performance

bell ringing

1 4.1

Playing a set of bells usually hung in a tower

change ringing

Jargon

9.9

Playing tuned bells in changing sequences using set patterns

How Resonant

sonorous

3 7.2

resonant

13 5.6

ringing

2 3.2

clear

54 1.0

faint

157 2.7

Surface Forms

ringing singular

ringings plural

Morphology

ringing = ring (transparent) = ring + ing

The noun 'ringing' is transparently derived from the verb 'ring' by adding the suffix '-ing' to indicate the action or process.

Etymology

Ringing comes from the simple word ring, which meant the clear 'sound' of a bell. So, to call a speech ringing means it has a loud, clear, echoing quality like a bell.