MELLIFLUENT Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

mellifluent

adjective

me-ˈli-flə-wənt

Definition of mellifluent

as in melodic

having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music the seamless editing gives the lushly romantic film a very mellifluent feel

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Its core 1970s grinding yet melodic bluesy approach didn’t shift when synthesizers became the rage in the 1980s or when grunge overtook the rock world in the 1990s.

— Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Bully’s amalgam of punk, grunge and melodic alt sounds has earned it a national following over the course of the past ten years.

— John D. Luerssen, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of melodic

Adjective

Borges may not be able to see the scenery, but delights in every scrap of local color, to a degree that the American — tasked with describing everything to his elder, in suitably lyrical terms — finds quite wearisome.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
Angus Young has repeated in interviews over the years that all this imagery and lyrical content about hell and the devil was pure tongue-in-cheek theatrics and nothing more.

— Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of lyrical

Adjective

Madonna asked the crowd — before the studio version rolled out in the days that followed, complete with lyric videos featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the Amsterdam event.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Watch a lyric video, assembled from Super 8 footage of Prine on a family vacation in the early 1970s, below.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026

Definition of lyric

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