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Definition of Melodious
1. Adjective. Having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune.
Derivative terms: Melodiousness, Melody, Melody, Tunefulness
Antonyms: Tuneless
2. Adjective. Containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody. "The melodious song of a meadowlark"
Similar to: Ariose, Songlike, Canorous, Songful, Cantabile, Singing, Dulcet, Honeyed, Mellifluous, Mellisonant, Sweet, Lyrical
Derivative terms: Melodiousness, Melody, Melody, Music, Musical, Musicality, Musicalness
Antonyms: Unmelodious
Definition of Melodious
1. a. Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.
Definition of Melodious
1. Adjective. Having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melodious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melodious
Literary usage of Melodious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Of all things else comes sweet satiety; Of love, and slumber, and melodious song,
And dance delicious ; things of more delight And more to be desired than ..."
2. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"That cheerful one who knoweth all The songs of all the winged choristers, And in
one sequence of melodious sounds Pours all its music." SOUTHEY. ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"All the modern languages," said he, " cannot furnish so melodious a line as ...
melodious ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"century, is said to be of popular origin ; it is melodious and rhythmical, it
has a refrain, and the tirât little phrase is four times repeated. ..."
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