euphony
Harmonious sound quality
Euphony is pleasing, harmonious sound, especially in speech or music.
The term often describes language where the combination of vowels and consonants flows smoothly: the euphony of her prose, Italian is prized for its euphony.
The opposite is cacophony.
As an adjective, euphonious: a euphonious name.
Sweetly smooth-sounding
- dulcetSweetly musical in tone
- sonorousDeep and full-toned
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- timbreSound's distinctive character
cadence · lilt · musicality · harmonics · tonality · sweetness · softness · smoothness
Metered poetic passage
- lyricSong's text
- meterDevice that measures usage
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- assonanceVowel sound repetition
alliteration · consonance · refrain · stanza · couplet · sonnet · ode · ballad
mellifluous
Sweetly smooth-sounding
- dulcetSweetly musical in tone
- sonorousDeep and full-toned
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
timbre · cadence · lilt · musicality · harmonics · tonality · sweetness · softness · smoothness · richness
verse
Metered poetic passage
assonance · alliteration · consonance · refrain · stanza · couplet · sonnet · ode · ballad · lullaby
beauty
Aesthetic excellence
balance · pleasing · delightful · agreeable · pleasant · refined · polished · cultivated · artistic · tasteful
phonetics
Study of speech sounds
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- prosodyStudy of verse rhythm
- articulationClear vocal expression
vowel · consonant · diphthong · phoneme · allophone · syllable · stress · accent · elision · liaison
- literary devicesmetaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, alliteration
- poetry termspoetry, rhyme, verse, rhythm, meter
- poetic devicesalliteration, assonance, consonance, rhyme, simile
- poetic soundassonance, alliteration, consonance, rhyme, onomatopoeia
- poeticsrhyme, versification, poetic form, stanza, meter
- sound aestheticsassonance, alliteration, consonance, sibilance, onomatopoeia
euphonycacophony
Harsh, clashing sounds
dissonance · discord · discordance · harshness · stridency