Euphonious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Euphonious \Eu*pho"ni*ous\, a.
     Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.
     --Hallam. -- {Eu*pho"ni*ous*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  euphonious
       adj 1: having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver
              laughter" [syn: {euphonous}] [ant: {cacophonous}]
       2: (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or
          strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "euphonious":
     achingly sweet, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, appealing, ariose,
     arioso, balanced, canorous, cantabile, catchy, concinnate,
     concinnous, dulcet, euphonic, euphonical, euphonous, fine-toned,
     flowing, fluent, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, harmonious,
     honeyed, measured, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant,
     mellow, melodic, melodious, music-flowing, music-like, musical,
     ordered, orderly, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, rich, silver-toned,
     silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, smooth,
     smooth-sounding, songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing,
     sweet-sounding, symmetrical, tripping, tunable, tuneful