The Collaborative International Dictionary
Euphonious \Eu*pho"ni*ous\, a.
Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.
--Hallam. -- Eu*pho"ni*ous*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
a. Pleasant-sounding; agreeable to the ear; possessing or demonstrating euphony.
WordNet
adj. having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter" [syn: euphonous] [ant: cacophonous]
(of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"
Usage examples of "euphonious".
The harsher consonants in euphonious texts become less jarring when in the proximity of softer sounds.
It was a solitary mud tambo, glorying in the euphonious name of Chuquipoyo.
Giza, Sakkara, Dahshoor are no more euphonious, perhaps, but they evoke the lure of antiquity and exploration.
But I must say that a great many poor writers have purposely inserted such verses into their prose, believing that they would make it more euphonious.
Accompanying this euphonious mingling of basses and baritones and quavering sopranos, rising, falling, came a windy ghost's cavatina Steve recognized from his GI days as a small hand pump organ.
Todd had nicknamed the swine herd Wayne's War Boars, a more euphonious title, even though there were more sows than boars.
When he rapped the steel barrel harder against the floor, the ringing was louder and of a different character, like that of tubular bells, euphonious, charming, yet as strange as any music that might be performed on a world at some far end of the universe.