stentorian

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He started to come down the aisle Just one moment," called a stentorian voice in the gallery.

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  1. adjective Extremely loud: a stentorian voice. See Synonyms at loud.

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  • Just 30 years old, Khalil has inherited from his family the town's biggest mosque, where brimming crowds gather on Fridays for his stentorian sermons. —  Iraq Updates - Latest News
  • Discussing safety measures, a stentorian-voiced narrator notes that when the blinding nuclear flash occurred "sunglasses are worn by some (military observers) while others hide their eyes." —  The Daily News Tribune Homepage RSS
  • Just don't expect the stentorian tones of the actors who read actual audio books. —  Consumer Reports Electronics Blog
  • At thirteen, he'd sneak out of the house to hear sound-systems like Bass Odyysey, Star Force and Stone Love, and thrill to the sound of Bounty Killer's stentorian voice booming out of the speakers. —  Jammin Reggae Archives
  • Bah!' cried Mrs Pansey, like a stentorian ram, 'she belongs to a good old English family, and, in my opinion, she disgraces them thoroughly. —  The Bishop's Secret
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. After Stentor, a loud-voiced Greek herald in the Iliad.

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  1. from stentor + -i-an. Cf. Late Latin Stentoreus, Stentorian.
 

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/stɛnˈtoʊriən/
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