mellifluous

(mə-lĭf'lū-əs)
adj.

1. Flowing with sweetness or honey.
2. Smooth and sweet: "polite and cordial, with a mellifluous, well-educated voice" (H.W. Crocker III).

[Middle English, from Late Latin mellifluus : Latin mel, mell-, honey + Latin -fluus, flowing.]

mellifluously mel·lif'lu·ous·ly adv.
mellifluousness mel·lif'lu·ous·ness n.

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adj

Definition: sweet-sounding
Antonyms: cacophonous

For a list of words related to mellifluous, see:

• Appealing, Elegant, Neat, Rich, or Fancy

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See words rhyming with "mellifluous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sødtklingende, smeltende, honningsød

Nederlands (Dutch)
honingzoet, vloeiend/ rijk, gevuld met zoet

Français (French)
adj. - mélodieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - einschmeichelnd

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μελιστάλακτος, μελίρρυτος

Italiano (Italian)
mellifluo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - melífluo

Русский (Russian)
медоносный, сладкозвучный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - melifluo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - honungsljuv

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
如蜜般的, 流畅的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 如蜜般的, 流暢的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 소리가 좋은, 유창한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - やわらかで美しい, 蜜のたっぷり入った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معسول, منساب برقه, محلى بالعسل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ערב (קול), מתוק‬

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