Antonyms for echoing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ek-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk oʊ

Definition of echoing

Origin : mid-14c., from Latin echo, from Greek echo, personified as a mountain nymph, from or related to ekhe "sound," ekhein "to resound," from PIE root *swagh- "to resound" (cf. Sanskrit vagnuh "sound," Latin vagire "to cry," Old English swogan "to resound"). Related: Echoes.

verb repeat, copy

Example sentences :

In the echoing enclosure of the forest walls the noise was prodigious.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Down the echoing corridors he paced, brow furrowed in thought.
Extract from : « Join Our Gang? » by Sterling E. Lanier

He was echoing Smithy's questions and finding no ready answers.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

Long corridors, echoing with noise, led away from each landing.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

With the volume on full his voice rolled like thunder from the echoing walls.
Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison

To the clash of their meeting came an echoing clash from beyond the table.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

For the last time, that little room was echoing with his voice.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

He whirled at the sound of footsteps, echoing stridently on the stone floor.
Extract from : « Dream Town » by Henry Slesar

It seemed to them they were talking in a dark and echoing vault.
Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad

"No, sir," said she, echoing half unconsciously his opinion.
Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for echoing

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