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
According to recent research published in Current Biology, male lyrebirds – who typically have a mellifluous chirp – sometimes mimic the sound of a mobbing flock of birds during courtship and copulation.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Andrews' nuanced design of P.L. Travers' creation is an astute, mellifluous, and delightfully intimidating creature of talent and propriety — and as the world would realize, so, too, was Andrews.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
If anything, a Grande song is going to sound mellifluous, no matter its message.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
The mellifluous tenor that narrated Dodgers games for generations of Spanish-language listeners hasn’t weakened.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Andrews' nuanced design of P.L. Travers' creation is an astute, mellifluous, and delightfully intimidating creature of talent and propriety — and as the world would realize, so, too, was Andrews.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
If anything, a Grande song is going to sound mellifluous, no matter its message.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
The mellifluous tenor that narrated Dodgers games for generations of Spanish-language listeners hasn’t weakened.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mellifluous
Adjective
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Jeanette Winterson, The Passion Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this lyrical novel follows a French soldier who cooks for Napoleon and a Venetian woman who steals hearts—sometimes literally.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Despite the lyrical intensity, Offset is fine with the aftermath of it all.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The lyric change brought immediate screams inside Estadio River Plate and across the Swift world.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
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There would be no degree for her, just as there had been none for her older sister, Christina, a talented lyric soprano who had been forced, under similar circumstances, to abandon plans to attend the singing program at Washington University, in St. Louis.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Mellifluous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mellifluous. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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