Antonyms for unmelodious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : muh-loh-dee-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : məˈloʊ di əs


Definition of unmelodious

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French melodios "melodious; delightful" (French mélodieux), from Medieval Latin melodiosus, from Latin melodia (see melody). Related: Melodiously; melodiousness.
  • As in scratchy : adj harsh
  • As in squawky : adj harsh
  • As in unharmonious : adj inharmonious
  • As in unmusical : adj inharmonious
  • As in discordant : adj not in harmony; conflicting
  • As in dissonant : adj unharmonious
  • As in harsh : adj rough, crude (to the senses)
Example sentences :
  • Their music is for the most part religious, inharmonious, and unmelodious.
  • Extract from : « The Great White Tribe in Filipinia » by Paul T. Gilbert
  • If unmelodious was the song,It was a hearty note and strong.
  • Extract from : « Christmastide » by William Sandys
  • His call is not unmelodious, though it would be misleading to call it a song.
  • Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 4 [April 1902] » by Various
  • The words came quick and decisive in a not unmelodious voice.
  • Extract from : « The Chief Legatee » by Anna Katharine Green
  • Unmelodious persons are almost throttled by a desire to whistle; but the true singer feels as dumb as a tree.
  • Extract from : « The Green Carnation » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • Not alone are the voices of the women too often unmelodious, but those of the men also need attention.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms » by John A. Cone
  • It was a phrase of song, a wandering strain in half tones and fluted accidentals, not unmelodious.
  • Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell
  • Birds can be taught various tunes, and even the unmelodious sparrow has learnt to sing like a linnet.
  • Extract from : « The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex » by Charles Darwin
  • But he kept these unmelodious thoughts to himself, and was outwardly considerate and kind.
  • Extract from : « Wessex Tales » by Thomas Hardy
  • While thus engaged, he heard a cheery and not unmelodious voice chanting a fragment of song in some foreign tongue.
  • Extract from : « The Spanish Brothers » by Deborah Alcock

Synonyms for unmelodious

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