What is another word for tuneful?

Pronunciation: [tjˈuːnfə͡l] (IPA)

Tuneful is a word commonly used to refer to music or songs that are melodious. However, there are several synonyms for this word that can be used to describe the same quality. For example, harmonious is one such synonym, which implies that the notes and melodies blend perfectly. Similarly, melodic is another synonym that refers to a pleasant succession of sounds. Other alternatives include musical, rhythmic, lyrical, and harmonic. All these words can be used interchangeably with tuneful, and the choice of words depends on the context and personal preference. These synonyms can add variety and richness to language, making communication more effective and engaging.

What are the hypernyms for Tuneful?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for tuneful?

Tuneful means having a pleasant or melodious sound. The antonyms of tuneful include discordant, cacophonous, unmelodious, harsh, off-key, jarring, and noisy. Discordant means disagreeing or clashing in sound. Cacophonous means producing a harsh, unpleasant sound. Unmelodious means lacking melody or harmony. Harsh means unpleasantly rough, rasping or grating in sound. Off-key means not in tune or out of tune. Jarring means causing a physical or emotional shock or disturbance, and noisy means making a lot of sounds, often unpleasant or jarring. In contrast to tuneful, these antonyms describe unpleasant or dissonant sounds that can be unpleasant to listen to.

Usage examples for Tuneful

She hesitated, then struck a chord or two and began another of those little tuneful Italian songs, all stars and flowers and hearts of gold.
"The Literary Sense"
E. Nesbit
On one of those tuneful days, while Boone sat on the doorstep of Victor McCalloway's house, listening to a story of a campaign far up the Nile, Asa Gregory came along the road, with his long elastic stride, and halted there.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
At the expense of calling down anathemas from the good friends whose hospitality we enjoyed there, it must be added that this croaking was almost unbearable; worse, if possible, than the symphony and variations of the tuneful mosquitoes.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou

Famous quotes with Tuneful

  • Consecrate the place and day To music and Cecilia. Let no rough winds approach, nor dare Invade the hallow'd bounds, Nor rudely shake the tuneful air, Nor spoil the fleeting sounds.Keep up the loud harmonious song, And imitate the blest above, In joy, and harmony, and love.
    Joseph Addison
  • So, many corporations will be “killed,” according to Adbusters’ excellent suggestion. Perhaps we should use the word “cull,” like people do when they want to kill something cute. “Are you killing that badger?” “No, sir, culling it.” “When you’ve finished ‘culling’ it, will it be dead?” “A bit, yes.” “So explain the difference between killing and culling?” “Well, it’s a ‘u’—and a sort of tuneful sense that the creature is being gently lulled to death rather than killed with a hammer.” “And what’s the hammer you’re holding for?” “Culling.” So maybe we should cull some corporations. Once we’ve culled them, their resources and materials can be returned to communities to run themselves. Outlined here is a suggestion for how a corporation could be structured more fairly.
    Russell Brand
  • Here let me bend, great Dryden, at thy shrine, Thou dearest name to all the tuneful nine. What if some dull lines in cold order creep, And with his theme the poet seems to sleep? Still, when his subject rises proud to view, With equal strength the poet rises too: With strong invention, noblest vigour fraught, Thought still springs up and rises out of thought; Numbers ennobling numbers in their course, In varied sweetness flow, in varied force; The pow'rs of genius and of judgment join, And the whole Art of Poetry is thine.
    John Dryden
  • There are no fields of amaranth on this side of the grave: there are no voices, O Rhodopè! that are not soon mute, however tuneful: there is no name, with whatever emphasis of passionate love repeated, of which the echo is not faint at last.
    Walter Savage Landor
  • Ev'en Thou my breast with such blest rage inspire, As mov'd the tuneful strings of Davids Lyre
    Abraham Cowley

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