ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsMmellifluous
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mellifluous
Meaning: sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
mellifluous in a sentence
How mellifluous is used in real sentences:
Her mellifluous voice was perfect for audiobooks.
Her mellifluous voice was perfect for audiobooks.
“Even Ridge's mellifluous lecturers, whose musical voices charmed large audiences, sometimes concealed thin ideas beneath pleasing speech.”
— from the passage Clay and Conviction
“Sol's verses arrived first as tight rhythmic blocks, but Venn's mellifluous settings made even a jailer's warning flow sweetly across the orchestra.”
— from the passage An Opera by Post
Synonyms for mellifluous
Other words for mellifluous — melodious, euphonious and dulcet — carry the same meaning.
- melodious
- euphonious
- dulcet
Antonyms of mellifluous
Words that mean the opposite of mellifluous:
- cacophonous
- harsh
- grating
Where it comes from
From Latin mel 'honey' + fluere 'to flow'
Word parts
- flu/flux — flow
mellifluous: mell (honey) + flu (flow) + -ous (having the quality of)
Memory hook
MEL (honey) + FLUOUS (flowing) — flowing like honey.
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