melodious
/məˈləʊdi.əs/US/məˈloʊdi.əs/
melodious adjective: having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.
Adjective
melodious (comparative more melodious, superlative most melodious)
- 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.
Synonyms of melodious
Forms of melodious
| comparative | more melodious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most 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
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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