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melodious

/məˈləʊdi.əs/US/məˈloʊdi.əs/

melodious adjective: having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.

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Adjective

melodious (comparative more melodious, superlative most melodious)

  1. Having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.
    • Tremulous on the bladed graſs ſhone bright the pearly drops, like an aſſembly of ſparkling ſtars dancing on the plains of the zodiac; vocal was every bending ſpray, every reed was inſpired, each warbling throat ſeemed to emulate the melodious voice of the bird of a thouſand ſongs.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv
    • A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time.1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 611
    Synonyms:
    tuneful

melodious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

melodious in Hindi

melodious
पंचम pañcam

melodious in Tamil

செவிக்கினிய, காதுக்கினிய, இனிய, மதுர

melodious in Urdu

melodious, harmonious
سریلا surīlā

melodious in Bengali

melodious, pleasant to listen
অকর্কশ okorkoś
More languagesFewer languages
melodious in Telugu
శ్రావ్యము śrāvyamu
melodious in Malayalam
ശ്രുതിമധുരമായ, സംഗീതാത്മകമായ, സംഗീതസാന്ദ്രമായ, ശ്രോത്രാഭിരാമമായ
melodious in Kannada
ಸುಸ್ವರದ, ಕಿವಿಗಿಂಪಾದ, ಮಂಜುಳವಾದ, ಇಂಪಾದ
melodious in Gujarati
સુરીલું surīlũ

Examples of melodious in a sentence

  • The man sat down and started to pluck the strings to the melodious sounds of “Sir Patrick Spens.”
  • A sarangi player set the tone and Kalavati began to sing in her sweet, melodious voce; mridangam and sitar accompanied her.
  • But few of us catch this melodious performance.

All 10 example sentences with melodious

Synonyms of melodious

Forms of melodious

comparativemore melodious
superlativemost melodious

Origin of melodious

Inherited from Middle English melodious, from Middle French melodieus, melodieux. By surface analysis, melod(i) + -ous.

Words formed from melodious

Phrases with melodious

Words that rhyme with melodious

Questions about melodious

What does melodious mean?
Melodious means having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.
What is melodious in Hindi?
Melodious in Hindi is पंचम (pañcam). See Melodious meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is melodious?
Melodious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce melodious?
Melodious is pronounced /məˈləʊdi.əs/ (UK).

Words near melodious in the dictionary

  1. melodikon
  2. melodiograph
  3. melodiographs
  4. melodion
  5. melodions
  6. melodious
  7. melodious warbler
  8. melodious warblers
  9. melodiously
  10. melodiousness
  11. melodise

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: melodious (page history and authors); पंचम (Hindi) (page history and authors); melodious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سریلا (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকর্কশ (Bengali) (page history and authors); శ్రావ్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); melodious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); melodious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સુરીલું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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