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  • 61shrill´ness — shrill «shrihl», adjective, verb, noun, adverb. –adj. 1. having a high pitch; high and sharp in sound; piercing: »a shrill cry or voice. Crickets, locusts, and katydids make shrill noises. SYNONYM(S): strident. 2. a) full of shrill sounds: »a gym …

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  • 62knell — /nel/, n. 1. the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral. 2. a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure, etc., of something: the knell of parting day. 3. any mournful sound. v.i. 4. to …

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  • 63rumble — rumbler, n. rumblingly, adv. /rum beuhl/, v., rumbled, rumbling, n. v.i. 1. to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder. 2. to move or travel with such a sound: The train rumbled on. 3. Slang. to have or take part in a… …

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  • 64growl — 1. noun /ɡraʊl/ a) The deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound. b) The sound made by a hungry stomach. 2. verb /ɡraʊl/ a) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling… …

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  • 65chime — I [[t]tʃaɪm[/t]] n. v. chimed, chim•ing 1) an apparatus for striking one or more bells, as a doorbell at the front door of a house 2) mad Often, chimes a) a set of bells or of slabs of metal, stone, wood, etc., producing musical tones when struck …

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  • 66knell — [[t]nɛl[/t]] n. 1) the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral 2) a sound or sign announcing someone s death or the end of something 3) any mournful sound 4) (of a bell) to sound, as at a funeral 5) to give forth a… …

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  • 67rumble — rum•ble [[t]ˈrʌm bəl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to make a deep, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder 2) to move or travel with such a sound 3) sts Slang. to take part in a street fight between teenage gangs 4) to give forth or utter… …

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  • 68knell — /nɛl / (say nel) noun 1. the sound made by a bell rung slowly for a death or a funeral. 2. any sound announcing the death of a person or the extinction, failure, etc., of something. 3. any mournful sound. –verb (i) 4. to sound, as a bell,… …

  • 69rumble — [c]/ˈrʌmbəl / (say rumbuhl) verb (rumbled, rumbling) –verb (i) 1. to make a deep, heavy, continuous, resonant sound, as thunder, etc. 2. to move, travel or be conveyed with such a sound: the train rumbled on. 3. Colloquial to take part in a fight …

  • 70reflect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. throw back, cast back, mirror, imitate, reproduce, echo; meditate, ponder, muse, ruminate. See thought, light, disapprobation, copy. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To contemplate] Syn. speculate, muse, ponder …

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