tuneful

[ toon-fuhl, tyoon- ]

/ ˈtun fəl, ˈtyun- /

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adjective

full of melody; melodious: tuneful compositions.

producing musical sounds or melody.

OTHER WORDS FOR tuneful

1 musical, harmonious, dulcet, sweet.

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OPPOSITES FOR tuneful

1 discordant.

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Origin of tuneful

First recorded in 1585–95; tune + -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM tuneful

tune·ful·ly, adverbtune·ful·ness, nounun·tune·ful, adjectiveun·tune·ful·ly, adverb

Words nearby tuneful

Tunbridge Wells, tundish, tundra, tundra swan, tune, tuneful, tune in, tuneless, tune out, tuner, tunesmith

How to use tuneful in a sentence

Although she has a tuneful voice, she is not expected to sing.
An Insider at Last, Burma’s Suu Kyi Encounters New Political Woes|Peter Popham|June 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The souls of the heroes were sad when she raised the tuneful voice.
The Sorrows of Young Werther|J.W. von Goethe
Birds of many kinds raised their tuneful voices, showing their joy in life and in the beauty of the morning.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised)|Melvin Randolph Gilmore
It was the voice of a hound dog—not so awful loud, but clear and mellow and tuneful, and carried to us on the wind.
Danny's Own Story|Don Marquis

The lookers-on, knowing that Spalding was ambitious, expected to hear him in the tuneful choir, but he was dumb.
A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen|William Spalding
Much nestbuilding, tuneful courtship, and masculine blustering was going on, and there was little police duty for Bobby.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for tuneful

tuneful

/ (ˈtjuːnfʊl) /

adjective

having a pleasant or catchy tune; melodious

producing a melody or musica tuneful blackbird

Derived forms of tuneful

tunefully, adverbtunefulness, noun

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