listenable

adjective

lis·​ten·​able ˈli-sᵊn-ə-bəl How to pronounce listenable (audio)
ˈlis-nə-
: agreeable to listen to

Examples of listenable in a Sentence

He finds some of his son's music very listenable.
Recent Examples on the Web The other half of the record, composed by Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja, may be more listenable outside the context of the film. Jon O'Brien, SPIN, 26 Jan. 2024 There may not be a better—and certainly no more listenable—approach to dissecting race in America, the rise of youth culture, the triumph and tribulation of consumerism. Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 28 July 2023 How does anyone make this listenable? Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 5 May 2022 Since signing with Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack imprint in 2018, he’s released two remarkably listenable LPs that reveal exactly nothing about their creator, but go down easy, like one more drug after a handful of them. Clayton Purdom, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2023 Taylor Swift has done it again – she’s dropped an epically listenable album with no skips and given everyone on planet Earth something not too depressing to dissect for a full weekend. oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2022 But then came another misstep in the lo-fi art-punk scuzz of Mosquito in 2013; ambitious, foreboding arrangements, but the YYYs’ least listenable project to date (by quite a bit). Bobby Olivier, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2022 While his voice might have more warble to it, his ability to turn the bucolic into something infinitely listenable is still formidable. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 17 June 2022 This might be the most listenable thing on this list. SPIN, 28 Apr. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of listenable was in 1942

Dictionary Entries Near listenable

Cite this Entry

“Listenable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/listenable. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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