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Euphonious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Pleasing or agreeable to the ear.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Pleasant-sounding; agreeable to the ear; possessing or demonstrating euphony.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Consisting of agreeable articulate elements; well-sounding; euphonic.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident

adj. having a pleasant sound

Word Usage

""I see no objection to its being old," the Princess answered dryly, "but whatever else it is it's not euphonious," she went on, isolating the word euphonious as though between inverted commas, a little affectation to which the Guermantes set were addicted."

Equivalent

soft silvern golden silvery

Antonym

cacophonous

Form

euphoniousness euphoniously

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

euphonic smooth-sounding smooth melodious sonorous euphonous

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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