reverberate
reverberate Lexical Profile
reverberate Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To be repeated several times as an echo (of a loud noise or sound), or to ring and vibrate with many echoing sounds (of a place).
"Her deep voice reverberated through the high-ceilinged lecture hall."
To have continuing and serious effects or repercussions.
"The economic consequences of the policy change continued to reverberate across the industry for years."
To return, reflect, or bounce back (especially of light, heat, or a physical object).
"The intense summer heat reverberated from the stone walls of the courtyard."
• adjective
Archaic or poetic: reverberant; resounding or echoing.
"The ancient cathedral was filled with the reverberate tones of the pipe organ."
• Rhymes for reverberate
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 16th century from Latin reverberatus, the past participle of reverberare ('to strike back' or 'repel'), formed from re- ('back') and verberare ('to beat' or 'lash'), from verber ('a lash' or 'whip').