Melodious and Strident

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Melodious adjective - Having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music.

Usage example: preferred the melodious sounds of the woodlands to anything produced in a concert hall

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Strident is an antonym for melodious.

Nearby Words: melody, melodiousness, melodic, melodiously, Melodi

Strident adjective - Unpleasantly loud and harsh.

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Melodious is an antonym for strident.

Nearby Words: stride, stridency, stridently, striding

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