as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
a rich, mellifluous voice that gets her a lot of work in radio and TV commercials
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Recent Examples of mellifluous
Within the Paris setting, Chadwick felt aptly French with her gamine pixie cut, and her mellifluous voice was impressively restrained.
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Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
The mellifluous voices carry a lovely, velvety texture, but don’t be fooled.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
The album, some of which is heard in snatches on the soundtrack, has a mellifluous monotony, as if Springsteen was mesmerized by his own loneliness.
—Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2025
By flouting all conventions in the face of rock and roll and making a mellifluous spectacle of the music that moved through his body like a thought from God, Jarrett has become a peerless symbol of artistic purity, his talent singular, his every note sui generis.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
The mellifluous voices carry a lovely, velvety texture, but don’t be fooled.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
The album, some of which is heard in snatches on the soundtrack, has a mellifluous monotony, as if Springsteen was mesmerized by his own loneliness.
—Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2025
By flouting all conventions in the face of rock and roll and making a mellifluous spectacle of the music that moved through his body like a thought from God, Jarrett has become a peerless symbol of artistic purity, his talent singular, his every note sui generis.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mellifluous
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With her relentlessly melodic fourth album, Maitreya Corso (out today), Maya Hawke is starting to establish a sonic lane of her own, combining Aimee Mann-level musicality with hyper-literate, polygraph-test confessional lyrics.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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Staccato right here, melodic right here.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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On Witness And Respair by Jesmyn Ward Jesmyn Ward reflects on over a decade of life and writing, exploring her upbringing in rural Mississippi, literary influences, and personal tragedies with hauntingly lyrical prose.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
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Uncertainty, ambivalence, confusion, and delusion—the musical statements on Middle of Nowhere are confident and cohesive, but Musgrave’s lyrical point of view seems to blow hither and yon from song to song.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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Over the top of these more ragged edges, Llobet takes a pointillistic approach to lyric writing, favoring half-thoughts and dreamy images that coalesce into a picture of unsettled anxiety.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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The education division of Maker Park Radio, a nonprofit streaming station based in Stapleton, offers courses on vinyl, hip-hop lyric writing, live remixing, and intro to music production and sampling.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Mellifluous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mellifluous. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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