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musicalness

musicalness

6.5
A quality that makes a voice or sound like music
  • noun
  • /ˈmjuːzɪkəlnəs/
translation icon : musicalidad
  • The musicalness of her voice captivated everyone in the room.

Examples

  • The musicalness of the wind chimes created a soothing atmosphere.

  • The musicalness in the laughter of children added joy to the playground.

  • Your guest has deslumberated, Your Musicalness.

    Delgo (2008)

Synonyms

musicality
vsmusicalness
5 5.5

A strong sense of music and rhythm that makes speech or movement pleasant

is specifically about sound that resembles or evokes music
euphony
vsmusicalness
  • Literature
1 8.6

A sound that is pleasant when words or music fit together smoothly

is more about resembling music itself rather than general pleasantness
melodiousness
vsmusicalness
5.9

A pleasant musical sound that is easy to enjoy

is broader, focusing on any sound that evokes music rather than melody only
tunefulness
vsmusicalness
4.6

A pleasant musical sound or melody

is about sounding like music more generally, not only catchy tunes
songfulness
vsmusicalness
  • Literature
8.1

A pleasant sound that makes music easy to sing

is about resembling music in sound rather than suitability for singing
lyricality
vsmusicalness
  • Literature
9.1

A quality that makes words or music sound like a song

is focused on any sound that evokes music, not only singing fit
euphonia
vsmusicalness
9.6

A pleasant musical sound that is nice to hear

emphasizes sounding like music rather than merely being pleasant

Antonyms

cacophony
14 8.4

A loud, unpleasant mix of different sounds

dissonance
  • Specialized
2 7.7

A harsh or unpleasant combination of sounds often in music

How Musical

musicalness
6.5

Surface Forms

musicalness singular
musicalnesses plural

Morphology

musicalness = musical (transparent) = music + al + ness

The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'musical' with '-ness', indicating the quality of being musical.

Etymology

Musicalness comes from the simple word music plus the ending -ness, which means 'quality'. The word music originally meant the 'art of the Muses', the old Greek goddesses of song and art, and is related to the English word muse, so musicalness means having the 'quality of music' or a sound that feels like music.