tulosai Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 What do you consider to be the most beautiful English words?I've always liked the word 'alliteration' 'umbrella' and 'ailurophile'.What words do you consider to be pretty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I've always thought of lollipop as being a pretty, innocent word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraM Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Those are all beautiful words! Here are some of my favorites:Eloquent = well-spokenMellifluous = sweet, pleasant to listen toResplendent = attractive, dazzling to look atTransmogrification = to change into a different shape or form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahRTW Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I like big words, and I cannot lie Infinitesimal = extremely smallPhantasmagorical (one of my all-time faves) = fantastic, fantasy-like events or images. Something surreal. Elephantine = very huge, like an elephant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayitwell Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Ilove the word anomie. It means to lose all sense of community, identity and importance. Hence the phrase anomic suicide.I also like the word nihilist. It means to lose faith in the sincerity, honesty and dignity of surrounding people and social structures. Both words accurately describe the general populace's attitude toward life in the 21st century as well as the feel of life in a global capitalist economic system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_Bachman Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Ilove the word anomie. It means to lose all sense of community, identity and importance. Hence the phrase anomic suicide.I love the word anomie too! I can see some uneducated parent (who didn't know about Durkheim's work on anomie or what it means) deciding to name their baby girl that. Anomie-- doesn't that sound like a girl's name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekernel Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I can't remember who told me this, but "cellardoor" has the least unattractive sounds of most words in our language. Conversely, a word like "burgle" would be considered very ugly. "Luminary" is a very sweet sounding word as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I thought about "cellar door" as well, when I saw this thread. It is referred to in the film "Donnie Darko".It's said to have been the favourite word of Edgar Allen Poe (and that the closest thing to it he could think of was "Nevermore" in the Raven). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limon Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 LullabyIt's the perfect sound for what it is, has warm associations, and even if it meant something else it would still be lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eudora13 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Ilove the word anomie. It means to lose all sense of community, identity and importance. Hence the phrase anomic suicide.I also like the word nihilist. It means to lose faith in the sincerity, honesty and dignity of surrounding people and social structures. Both words accurately describe the general populace's attitude toward life in the 21st century as well as the feel of life in a global capitalist economic system.I love both these words too! Funny that you should mention them both together.. I liked anomie and nihilism ever since I started studying post modernism in literature. Besides those I also like efflorescence, dalliance, ephemeral, ethereal, sumptuous, era, elixir....can't think of more right now. I think I like words beginning with 'e'.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralArchitect Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 The word translucence sounds somewhat beautiful. I am sure everyone knows what it means. The words elucidate, effervescence, crooning and acoustic also sound very pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekernel Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I thought of a couple more:"Sullen""Sallow""Aura""Emeritus""Clef" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetFresh Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I really like the word "leisure". It means free time. I certainly don't have too much of it. The word just rolls off your tongue, and I find it fun to say for some reason. Call me weird then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekernel Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 How could I forget the most beautiful word of all, "soliloquy" (so-li-lo-kwee). Shakespearean word if I recall correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashishkashyap25 Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 I used to use "vocabulary.com" to grab some words, no doubt it helped me a lot.I have learned so many words and some beautiful words among them areBourgeois, futile, subtle, vapid and lots more... :speechless: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyDigitalpoint Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I don't have a favorite beautiful English word, but I have like a dozen of words that sounds terribly not just to my hears but to my pronunciation. These words include obnoxious and awkward, which are the worst to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trellum Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 There are several english words I really like Here is a short list of them:- Myriad- Plethora- Diaphanous - Effervescent- Elixir- Ethereal - Furtive- Harbinger- Lissome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahimbahrain Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 MOTHERI think MOTHER is the most beautiful word in English language. In fact, in a survey conducted by British Council among 40,000 overseas voters as to the most beautiful word in English, MOTHER topped the list hands down...!As a matter of fact, out of the top words, MOTHER was the only word that defined a direct relationship among people.Long live all mothers of the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutin Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 There are many words that can be considered to be beautiful in English language, I am not sure where to start and how to list them....one of many is 'acrobatic', 'enchanting' I am not sure and many more.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraM Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 MOTHERI think MOTHER is the most beautiful word in English language. In fact, in a survey conducted by British Council among 40,000 overseas voters as to the most beautiful word in English, MOTHER topped the list hands down...!As a matter of fact, out of the top words, MOTHER was the only word that defined a direct relationship among people.Long live all mothers of the world That's a fascinating study. Thanks for sharing that with us. How wonderful that it is "mother" that has such an appeal to what obviously had to have been a diverse sampling of people, both geographically and culturally. I agree, it's a beautiful word! This reminds me of an earlier discussion we had here on the forum in which we remarked about the similarity of the word for "mama" -- as well as "papa" -- worldwide. You can see that thread here:http://linguaholic.com/general-discussion/world-languages-the-words-%27mama-and-papa%27/msg1531/#msg1531 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDirt Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 For me, the most beautiful word is "lullaby: a quiet song to lull a child to sleep", everything about it is beautiful not just the word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabethr6144 Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 This is a tough question because there are so many beautiful words in the English language. I love the word cedar. I just think it sounds so profound. I also like the word sensible I just like the way it sounds ad how it feels when you say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessiFox Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 It's said that cellar door is supposed to be exceptionally beautiful, but I'm not sure I find that to be the case. I love requiem, celestial and allegory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXPandosXx Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 I have to agree, myriad is a beautiful word. It comes from the Greek word Myrias, and it means ten thousand.Most people use it to describe a very large, indefinite number, however the modern Greek word for "million" is translated as "hundred-myriads". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandandesign Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I can't remember who told me this, but "cellardoor" has the least unattractive sounds of most words in our language. Conversely, a word like "burgle" would be considered very ugly. "Luminary" is a very sweet sounding word as well.Luminary does sound very sweet. I like the sound of it already!! I haven't heard the word "burgle" before. I will check out the dictionary to find out the meaning. Great post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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