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Meaning of EUPHONIOUS

Pronunciation:  yoo'fowneeus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter"
  2. [adj]  (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"
 
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 Synonyms: euphonous, golden, silvern, silvery, soft
 
 Antonyms: cacophonic, cacophonous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Eu*pho"ni*ous\, a.
Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.
--Hallam. -- {Eu*pho"ni*ous*ly}, adv.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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, musical, music-flowing, music-like, 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
 

 

 

 

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