MELLIFLUOUS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

mellifluous

adjective

me-ˈli-flə-wəs

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 As the rest of the auto industry leans into the efficiencies and emissions reductions of turbocharging and electrification, Ferrari’s thirsty, if mellifluous, V12 is an anachronism, a kind of vaffanculo to climate climate crises. —

Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024 When the Swiss retired there were mellifluous tributes, obituaries and a wave of adulation. —

Tim Ellis, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 Her voice was low and mellifluous and strong: a prosecutor’s sharklike gravitas. —

Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 The Queen of Power Ballads is now the subject of her illness—stricken and isolated, with her famously mellifluous voice emitting involuntary, atonal moans. —

Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for mellifluous