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to resonate deeply

to resonate deeply

1 6.4
To make someone feel a strong personal connection
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈrɛzəˌneɪt ˈdipli/
translation icon : resonar profundamente
  • This song resonates deeply with listeners who have experienced love and loss.

And man, that resonates with me so deeply, and it troubles me so deeply because I feel exactly the way Victoria feels.

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Examples

  • I will also mention that Reece comments in the contributor's notes that "the experience of not realizing the love that is in front of you until it is gone resonates deeply for me."

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  • Your message of self love and nurturing of humanity for the greater good resonates so deeply and it's beyond refreshing.

  • And it resonates very deeply for me because I actually use different types of poetry for this.

  • And man, that resonates with me so deeply, and it troubles me so deeply because I feel exactly the way Victoria feels.

  • And you know, when I hear you talk about these things, like it resonates so deeply with me because what you just set up is exactly why we do need to do these things.

  • It also resonates deeply with my own personal experience when starting several small businesses on the Central Coast.

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  • Those words have resonated so deeply in me as I've settled back into life in the United States.

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  • "Had I not delved into my own emotions, I doubt the book would have resonated so deeply with readers.

    Academic text (2009)
  • But the little girl's plea resonates deeply for the dejected reporter, and his brilliant response appears on the front page, and the rest is history.

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  • But one that stands out and resonates deeply with Anardidi is fearlessness.

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Synonyms

to touch
vsto resonate deeply
680 2.9

To make someone feel strong emotion, often sadness or gratitude

focuses on deep personal significance rather than general emotional effect
to resonate
vsto resonate deeply
124 6.0

To make someone feel something strongly and remember it for a long time

is stronger and more personally significant in emotion
to resonate with
vsto resonate deeply
73 5.9

Make someone feel a strong, shared emotion or understanding

is more about one deep personal emotional impact
to hit home
vsto resonate deeply
26 5.5

To make someone suddenly understand how serious something is

is more about lasting personal importance than immediate realization
to strike a chord
vsto resonate deeply
18 4.4

Make people feel a strong connection when it seems familiar

is more intensely personal and lasting than mere recognition
to leave a mark
vsto resonate deeply
  • Informal
18 3.9

To have a lasting effect on a person or thing that people notice

is specifically about strong personal emotional impact rather than general influence
to strike home
vsto resonate deeply
3 6.7

Have a strong effect that makes someone suddenly understand

leans toward deep lasting personal feeling rather than quick relevance
to touch a chord
vsto resonate deeply
  • Informal
2 5.8

To make a person feel a strong emotion

has deeper personal significance rather than just recalling familiarity

Antonyms

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

How Moving

to overwhelm
164 4.4
to resonate deeply
1 6.4
to move
668 3.4
to resonate
124 6.0
to register
48 3.4

Surface Forms

resonate deeply infinitive
resonated deeply past participle
resonating deeply present participle
resonates deeply third person singular

Morphology

resonate + deeply

The meaning 'to have a strong emotional impact' is directly and compositionally derived from 'resonate' (to be felt or strike a chord) combined with the intensifying adverb 'deeply' (with strong feeling). This verb+adverb intensification pattern is a common and cross-linguistically transparent construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Resonate deeply comes from the idea of a sound that keeps vibrating inside you. Imagine a low note you can feel in your chest, and that picture helps explain why resonate + deeply now means 'to have a strong emotional impact' or 'to feel very important'.