Melodious
[mɪ'ləʊdɪəs] or [mə'lodɪəs]
Definition
(adj.) containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; 'the melodious song of a meadowlark' .
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Definition
(a.) Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Musical, tuneful, sweet, dulcet, ariose.
Editor: Lyle
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See MUSICAL]
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Examples
- Of such melodious strings is Miss Pleasant Riderhood formed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Their young voices sounded melodious, even touching, in the open air. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It would be a unique delight to wait and watch for the melodious fragments in which her heart and soul came forth so directly and ingenuously. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was a graceful dance, and the music was more melodious. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- O for the lyre of some Orpheus, to constrain, with touch of melodious strings, these mad masses into Order! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In vain I would then have turned from this scene, to darkened aisle or lofty dome, echoing with melodious praise. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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