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Meanings of
mellifluous
in English
Pleasing to the ear.
sweet
honeyed
dulcet
mellisonant
Related terms
musical
melodious
melodic
Synonyms
Examples for "
sweet
"
sweet
honeyed
dulcet
mellisonant
Examples for "
sweet
"
1
I'll try something different this morning, she thought:
sweet
grass and chamomile.
2
Watson, do you know this lady? said a
sweet
,
concerned female voice.
3
She was
sweet
and simple and beautiful and blank as clear water.
4
Naturally companies that make
sweet
products, including Hershey's and Coca-Cola, oppose this.
5
The most common type is clear and very mild-evena bit
sweet
.
1
Holly's words were so
honeyed
that they could have charmed a bear.
2
What light slanted through the window gave the room a
honeyed
tinge.
3
The man Shorty was speaking, and in a tone of
honeyed
conciliation.
4
As I finished the last bit of crust, I smelled
honeyed
almonds.
5
Manette, foreseeing a disturbance, hastened to interpose, in her hypocritical,
honeyed
voice:
1
Colina called him in
dulcet
tones, and held out an inviting hand.
2
Prince Sovrani listened to the
dulcet
young voice with a strange emotion.
3
Indeed, a chain of
dulcet
strains seems to rise from the past.
4
I heard Macgillivray's voice, and it was not pitched in
dulcet
tones.
5
His research was interrupted by a
dulcet
tone emanating from within the room.
Usage of
mellifluous
in English
1
In his case the words were usually thoughtful, well rounded and
mellifluous
.
2
His voice, normally so
mellifluous
and controlled, cracked on the last word.
3
He extended his hand, his English refined,
mellifluous
under his Swiss intonation.
4
How could a voice so
mellifluous
carry such an intimation of catastrophe?
5
Everything she said rolled off her tongue in a soft
mellifluous
melody.
6
Some of them, lulled by the narrator's
mellifluous
voice, began to snore.
7
He was mesmerized in the
mellifluous
monotony of rain slapping against the window.
8
His voice is
mellifluous
but natural, infusing the atmosphere with calm.
9
Myriad pardons for me, began the Swami in his
mellifluous
voice.
10
Prosecco, like most Italian words, rolls off the tongue in a
mellifluous
way.
11
It's more than just the voices that are
mellifluous
on Ruins.
12
It was a
mellifluous
love-song from a popular Opera somewhat out of date.
13
He has a low, slow voice and a
mellifluous
southern accent.
14
He had a matchless ear for the
mellifluous
,
incantatory qualities of the language.
15
And, to complete the incongruity, his greetings were always in
mellifluous
Donegal Irish.
16
There was a pause, and the polite gentleman began again in his
mellifluous
voice:
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mellifluous
Adjective
Frequent collocations
mellifluous voice
mellifluous tones
most mellifluous
mellifluous melody
mellifluous note
More collocations
Mellifluous
through the time
Mellifluous
across language varieties
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