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UNMELODIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unmelodious mean?
• UNMELODIOUS (adjective)
The adjective UNMELODIOUS has 2 senses:
1. not having a musical sound or pleasing tune
2. lacking melody
Familiarity information: UNMELODIOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not having a musical sound or pleasing tune
Synonyms:
tuneless; unmelodious; untuneful
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking melody
Synonyms:
unmelodic; unmelodious; unmusical
Antonym:
melodious (containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody)
Context examples
The completion of the preparations for my breakfast, by relieving the fire, gave her such extreme joy that she laughed aloud—and a very unmelodious laugh she had, I must say.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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