stertorous
stertorous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring. Burning, stertorous breath that hurt her cheek. Mrs. Browning. The day has ebbed away, and it is night in his room, before his stertorous breathing lulls. Dickens.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accent
- acoustics
- and
- aspirate
- audibility
- audible
- breathing
- cadence
- diacoustics
- diaphonics
- distinct
- emit
- give
- intonation
- make
- noise
- out
- phonetic
- phonetics
- phonetism
- phonic
- phonics
- phonocamptic
- phonography
- phonology
- produce
- resonance
- resonant
- resound
- rough
- soniferous
- sonorific
- sonorous
- sound
- sounding
- strain
- thousand
- tone
- twang
- voice
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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