unlyrical

Examples

• All

• The speech was well-structured but ultimately unlyrical, lacking any emotional appeal.

• Such knowledge, such awareness, is carelessly unlyrical, all in all.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The best-planned, best-hit ball often just blew out of bounds; that was the basic unlyrical problem.

  Fiction book (1998)

• His unlyrical performance left the audience feeling disconnected from the intended message.

Synonyms

U

unpoetic

vsunlyrical

1 6.1

Not beautiful or creative in a way that moves people

adds absence of musical tone and emotional lyricism to that lack

U

unmusical

vsunlyrical

1 6.0

Having a harsh sound that is not pleasant to hear

places more emphasis on lacking poetic feeling and expressive lyricism

N

nonpoetic

vsunlyrical

6.0

Plain, direct language that uses facts not images or feelings

is broader and also lacks musical and expressive qualities

U

unpoetical

vsunlyrical

7.0

Not showing beauty, imagination, or strong feeling

stresses lack of feeling and musical quality as well

U

untuneful

vsunlyrical

5.7

Not making a pleasant tune

also lacks poetic emotion and lyrical expressiveness beyond mere tune

U

unmelodic

vsunlyrical

6.5

A voice or music that is not pleasant to hear

adds absence of expressive feeling and poetic lyricism to that lack

U

unmelodious

vsunlyrical

8.0

Not having a pleasant, musical sound

focuses instead on missing emotion and poetic expressiveness rather than tone

N

nonmusical

vsunlyrical

4.2

A person who is not interested in or good at music

describes lacking musical or poetic expressive quality rather than personal ability

Antonyms

E

expressive

41 3.4

Showing feelings and ideas clearly in the face or voice

L

lyrical

31 4.9

Expressing deep personal feeling like a song

How Lyrical

lyrical

31 4.9

poetic

• Literature

107 4.5

unlyrical

7.9

prosaic

8 7.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology