melodious

[muh-loh-dee-uhs]

adjective

1. of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.

2. producing melody; sweet-sounding; musical.

melodious

/ mɪˈləʊdɪəs /

adjective

1. having a tune that is pleasant to the ear

2. of or relating to melody; melodic

Other Word Forms

• melodiously adverb
• melodiousness noun
• nonmelodious adjective
• nonmelodiously adverb
• nonmelodiousness noun
• overmelodious adjective
• overmelodiously adverb
• overmelodiousness noun
• unmelodious adjective
• unmelodiously adverb
• unmelodiousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of melodious¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word melōdiōsus. See melody, -ous

Example Sentences

Writing in the Guardian, Lisa Wright awarded it four stars, praising its "poignant moments", while The Telegraph's Neil McCormick gave it five stars, calling it a "glorious return to his bombastic, melodious 1970s pomp".

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“The concerts help me to escape whenever the seclusion of working on an album becomes too much,” she says in Spanish that sounds just as melodious as her singing.

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The chorus is just two notes sung over and over again, and not the two most melodious notes in the world.

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In its state of abandoned tear-down, the venue offers melodious visual rhymes: electrical cords dangling from the ceiling ape Wool’s snarls of found-wire sculpture; crumbling plaster mirrors the attitudinal blotches of his oils and inks.

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“I’m not waiting any longer,” Mr. Bayle roared, his words coated in the melodious southwest accent.

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