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Anything acerbic is sharp or bitter in taste, way of acting, or tone of voice.
An acrimonious meeting or discussion is bitter, resentful, and filled with angry contention.
An affable person is pleasant, friendly, and easy to talk to.
Bedlam is a situation with a great deal of noise and confusion.
A cacophony is a loud and unpleasant mixture of sounds.
A cadence is a repeated pattern of movement or sound, such as the way someone’s voice rises and falls when reading something out loud.
If someone is complaisant, they are willing to please others and do what they want without complaining.
A congenial person, place, or environment is pleasant, friendly, and enjoyable.
A situation or thing that is discordant does not fit in with other things; therefore, it is disagreeable, strange, or unpleasant.
Dissonance is an unpleasant situation of opposition in which ideas or actions are not in agreement or harmony; dissonance also refers to a harsh combination of sounds.
A dulcet sound is soft and pleasant in a gentle way.
Euphony is a pleasing sound in speech or music.
One thing that is incommensurate with another is different in its level, size, or quality from the second; this may lead to an unfair situation.
Pandemonium is a very noisy and uncontrolled situation, especially one that is caused by a lot of angry or excited people.
Plangent sounds are loud and tend to suggest sadness.
A raucous sound is unpleasantly loud, harsh, and noisy.
A sonorous sound is pleasantly full, strong, and rich.
A strident person makes their feelings or opinions known in a forceful and strong way that often offends some people; not surprisingly, a strident voice is loud, harsh, and shrill.
A tumultuous event or period of time is filled with great excitement, confusion, or violence; a tumultuous reaction to something is likewise very loud and noisy because people are happy and excited.
Adj.
mellifluous
muh-LIF-loo-uhs
Context
At the musical, the mellifluous or pleasant tones of the actor’s voice put me right to sleep in the theater. My mother was shocked at my dozing off in response to his mellifluous or sweet-sounding voice. Even the agreeable melodies and mellifluous tones of the chorus lulled me to sleep, at which point my mother would nudge me awake. After my snoozing during the soothing musical, my mother took me home and sang to me in a tender, mellifluous voice, sending me back to dreamland . . . and this time, I didn’t have to wake up.
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What does it mean when a voice is mellifluous?
Melody Flowing The flowing melody singing forth from the mellifluous notes of the flute soothed us all.
Examples
[Tavis] Smiley, 41, drops into a stereotypical public radio announcer’s voice—soft, mellow and mellifluous—to illustrate the difference between what public radio listeners expect and what he offers.
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The Washington Post
The secret to enjoying these pictures is to realize that nothing can duplicate the glories of Dickens’s sweeping plots, colorful characters, and mellifluous prose, so all screen adaptations are bound to be un-Dickensian from the get-go.
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The Christian Science Monitor
The writing is superb, and kudos should go to Morgan Freeman, whose intelligent delivery and mellifluous voice give life to the narration.
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USA Today
The tension was there in his deep, rich, unmistakable voice: a mellifluous baritone that conveyed a grave authority, while a strangled quaver hinted at vulnerability and doubt.
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Newsweek
A mellifluous voice or instrument “possesses the nature of flowing like honey” because it is so sweet and smooth.
Word Theater
Nat King Cole: Unforgettable A mellifluous voice, such as Nat King Cole's, is most certainly unforgettable!
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