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Meaning of "unmelodious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNMELODIOUS

unmelodious  [ʌnmɪˈləʊdɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNMELODIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unmelodious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNMELODIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unmelodious in the English dictionary

The definition of unmelodious in the dictionary is not musically pleasant to listen to; discordant. Other definition of unmelodious is not having a tune that is pleasant to listen to.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNMELODIOUS


Asmodeus
æsˈməʊdɪəs
Claudius
ˈklɔːdɪəs
commodious
kəˈməʊdɪəs
compendious
kəmˈpɛndɪəs
discommodious
ˌdɪskəˈməʊdɪəs
fastidious
fæˈstɪdɪəs
gladius
ˈɡlædɪəs
hideous
ˈhɪdɪəs
incommodious
ˌɪnkəˈməʊdɪəs
insidious
ɪnˈsɪdɪəs
medius
ˈmiːdɪəs
melodious
mɪˈləʊdɪəs
Methodius
mɛˈθəʊdɪəs
modius
ˈməʊdɪəs
odious
ˈəʊdɪəs
radius
ˈreɪdɪəs
studious
ˈstjuːdɪəs
tedious
ˈtiːdɪəs
Thaddeus
ˈθædɪəs
Thadeus
ˈθædɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNMELODIOUS

unmechanize
unmediated
unmedicated
unmedicinable
unmeditated
unmeek
unmeet
unmeetly
unmeetness
unmellow
unmelodiousness
unmelted
unmemorable
unmemorably
unmended
unmentionable
unmentionableness
unmentionables
unmentionably
unmentioned

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNMELODIOUS

aphidious
badious
curious
delicious
fiddious
hilarious
hyperfastidious
invidious
overfastidious
overtedious
palladious
perfidious
preludious
previous
religious
serious
ultrafastidious
unfastidious
uninvidious
various

Synonyms and antonyms of unmelodious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unmelodious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNMELODIOUS

Find out the translation of unmelodious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unmelodious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unmelodious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unmelodious
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unmelodious
570 millions of speakers

English

unmelodious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unmelodious
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلا لحن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unmelodious
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unmelodious
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেসুরো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unmelodious
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak bermaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unmelodischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unmelodious
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unmelodious
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unmelodious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unmelodious
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unmelodious
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अकृत्रिम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

melodik olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unmelodious
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unmelodious
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unmelodious
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unmelodious
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unmelodious
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unmelodious
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unmelodious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unmelodious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unmelodious

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNMELODIOUS»

The term «unmelodious» is used very little and occupies the 178.713 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNMELODIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unmelodious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNMELODIOUS»

Discover the use of unmelodious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unmelodious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Temperance Spectator
It is not the bird of paradise and the nightingale, but the fowl of dark plumage and unmelodious voice to which is entrusted the sacred duty of eliminating the substances that infect the air. And the face of obvious analogy teaches us not to ...
‎1864
2
Phonographies: Grooves in Sonic Afro-Modernity
The U.S. is an ''ill-harmonized'' and ''unmelodious'' ''wilderness'' in which black music singularly conjures melody and harmony. Implicated in the scopic regime of racism (through agency and/or structure), white subjects do not have the same  ...
Alexander G. Weheliye, 2005
3
The Harmonics of Manuel Bryennius
If they cannot be joined, such a relation is unmelodious (ekmeles) and the tones themselves are unmelodious ; if they can be combined by some means, they are melodious (emmeles) ; for all those notes are melodious which - when combined  ...
Manuel Bryennius, Goverdus Henricus Jonker, 1970
4
Essays in Biography and Criticism: Thomas De Quincey and his ...
We are charmed by no sense of appropriateness, lured by no perception of means converging to an end, to sympathize with or suffer the unmelodious ranter. It is as if Mrs. Stowe had at once broken on us with the screams of Uncle Tom ; as if ...
Peter Bayne, 1867
5
Essays in Biography and Criticism
We are charmed by no sense of appropriateness, lured by no perception of means converging to an end, to sympathize with or suffer the unmelodious ranter. It is as if Mrs. Stowe had at once broken on us with the screams of Uncle Tom ; as if ...
Peter Bayne, 1857
6
The Book of Kadam: The Core Texts
Upāsaka, what type of sound doesit have, melodious or unmelodious, loudormuffled?” “Master, Ihave never heard it before,” replied Drom. “So since itdoes not appear as melodious or unmelodious, loud or muffled, andsoon, it isnot heardby ...
‎2014
7
Politics, Poetry, and Sufism in Medieval Iran: New ...
The time has come for me to gently break this lute, And cast it into the fire, so that i might smell its sweet fragrance. it would be crude to play the lute badly, it is pleasing to set the unmelodious lute on fire. may it be so that the fragrance of the  ...
Chad Lingwood, 2013
8
Melody in Music Therapy: A Therapeutic Narrative Analysis
Such adjectival expressions are found in common language as melodic, tuneful, melodious and unmelodious. Musicians and amateurs often use these attributes. Schoenberg (1967, p.48) comments on characteristics of the 'unmelodious'.
David Aldridge, Gudrun Aldridge, 2008
9
Wagner's "Tristan Und Isolde"; An Essay on the Wagnerian Drama
On beingtoldthat inGermany singers could not befound to undertake the part, alleging that it was too difficultand unmelodious, she naïvely asked whether Germansingers were not musical! Assuredly any person to whomWagner's music , ...
George Ainslie Hight
10
Crohoore of the bill-hook (concl.). The fetches
John Banim, Michael Banim. and not unmelodious voice, — it was nature's sole gift to a being she seemed otherwise to have formed in aversion ; and the full unquailing tone slowly rolled over the deep pause. " My lord the judge, go on; I stand ...
John Banim, Michael Banim, 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNMELODIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unmelodious is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Los Angeles County Bar Association Fleeces Attendees at Installation
Even after entering the dining room, there were, though at a lower volume, the grating, unmelodious sounds nowadays termed “music.” For this, we missed the ... «Metropolitan News-Enterprise, Jul 15»
2
BLOG: MotoGP Catalunya Musings from the Barcelona pressroom …
Here I am plugged into the Montmelo pressroom, hearing the harsh, unmelodious sounds of MotoGP through the windows to my right. Marc Marquez has ... «Cycleworld, Jun 15»
3
Papa talk: Stoke that fire of creativity
... behind it to flick the electric switch on, raise the collapsible keyboard cover, and before we know it the room is suddenly drowned in unmelodious sounds. «The Observer, Jun 15»
4
'Piku' Movie Review: A Towering Serio-comedy with Towering …
The technical values are skilled, the background score good, but the only sore point in the movie are the unmelodious songs with disconnected, “contemporary” ... «India West, May 15»
5
Review: BBC1's “The C-Word”
It wasn't long until the tender mood was invaded by the thudding of music and the unmelodious singing of a young, blonde women, splayed out across a ... «The Linc, May 15»
6
Sloppy habits in dealing with EU lobbyists are 'ticking time bomb'
To help lay down some rules of thumb that could guide MEPs - old and new - through the unmelodious clamour of political sweet-talk in the Brussels bubble, the ... «TheParliamentMagazine.eu, Apr 15»
7
Experimental Music from Japan: Folk Roots, Noise Routes
... trills and flutter-tonguing of the shakuhachi; the stop-start rhythms, droning, repetitive vocals, and shrill, unmelodious flute of nō and kyōgen drama; the strident ... «Nippon.com, Jan 15»
8
Cleveland Orchestra strives for harmonious ideals with 35th …
"Just as the orchestra finds ways of taking several instruments and making melody, it's incumbent on us to find ways of harmonizing even under unmelodious ... «cleveland.com, Jan 15»
9
Movie Review: 'Tevar' Disappoints Audience With Its 80s Filmy Style …
... the gaudily choreographed, haphazardly composed music; in fact, the entire soundtrack is one unmelodious cacophony after another, unforgivable in any era. «India.com, Jan 15»
10
Pope Francis Appoints 15 New Cardinals from Everywhere
Eschatology, which is a word so unmelodious and awkward that I detest saying it, is the study of what most people call “the end times.” Right in the middle of ... «Patheos, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Unmelodious [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/unmelodious>. Apr 2024 ».
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