euphony
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euphony![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Euphony \Eu"pho*ny\, n.; pl. Euphonies. [L. euphonia, Gr. ?, fr. ? sweet-voiced; e'y^ well + ? sound, voice; akin to ? to speak: cf. F. euphonie.] A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
euphony
n 1: any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell
asleep to the music of the wind chimes" [syn: music,
euphony]
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 39 Moby Thesaurus words for "euphony": accord, accordance, attune, attunement, balance, beauty, chime, chiming, concentus, concert, concinnity, concord, concordance, consonance, consonancy, consort, diapason, equilibrium, harmonics, harmony, heavy harmony, homophony, measure, measuredness, monochord, monody, order, orderedness, proportion, rhythm, sweetness, symmetry, symphony, synchronism, synchronization, three-part harmony, tune, unison, unisonance Matching Word(s) euphory
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