1.
[syn: euphonious, euphonous]
2. (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident;
- Example: "her euphonious Southern speech"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Euphonious \Eu*pho"ni*ous\, a.
Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.
--Hallam. -- Eu*pho"ni*ous*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
euphonious
adj 1: having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver
laughter" [syn: euphonious, euphonous] [ant:
cacophonic, cacophonous]
2: (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or
strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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