Meaning of MUSICAL
Pronunciation: | | 'myoozikul
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- [n] a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
- [adj] containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"
- [adj] characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy"
- [adj] talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical family"
- [adj] characterized by or capable of producing music; "a musical evening"; "musical instruments"
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| Synonyms: | | ariose, canorous, cantabile, chanted, dulcet, honeyed, liquid, lyrical, mellifluous, mellisonant, melodic, melodious, musical comedy, musical theater, philharmonic, singable, singing, songful, songlike, sweet |
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| Antonyms: | | dissonant, nonmusical, unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical | |
| See Also: | | music, play | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mu"sic*al\, a. [Cf. F. musical.]
Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or
the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious;
harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical
instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.
{Musical}, or {Music}, {box}, a box or case containing
apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes
automatically.
{Musical fish} (Zo["o]l.), any fish which utters sounds under
water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.
{Musical glasses}, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and
arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical
notes. CF. {Harmonica}, 1.
\Mu"sic*al\, n.
1. Music. [Obs.]
To fetch home May with their musical. --Spenser.
2. A social entertainment of which music is the leading
feature; a musical party. [Colloq.]
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| Related Terms: | | achingly sweet, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, appealing, ariose, arioso, arlequinade, ballad opera, ballet, ballet divertissement, black comedy, blending, broad comedy, Broadway musical, burlesque, burletta, camp, canorous, cantabile, catchy, chiming, chorus show, comedie bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse, comedietta, comedy, comedy ballet, comedy of humors, comedy of ideas, comedy of intrigue, comedy of manners, comedy of situation, comedy relief, comic muse, comic opera, comic relief, consonant, dance drama, dark comedy, domestic comedy, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, exode, farce, farce comedy, fine-toned, genteel comedy, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, grand opera, harlequinade, harmonic, harmonious, high camp, honeyed, light comedy, light opera, low camp, low comedy, lyric drama, lyrical, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, mime, minstrel, minstrel show, music drama, musical comedy, musical stage, musical theater, musically inclined, music-flowing, musicianly, music-like, music-loving, musicophile, opera, opera ballet, opera bouffe, opera buffa, operetta, philharmonic, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, raw comedy, realistic comedy, rich, romantic comedy, satyr play, sentimental comedy, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, Singspiel, situation comedy, slapstick, slapstick comedy, song-and-dance act, songful, songlike, song-play, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, symphonic, symphonious, Thalia, tragicomedy, tunable, tuned, tuneful, virtuose, virtuosic, virtuoso |
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