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What is the prettiest word in the English language?
The 30 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language
- Sibilance. “Sibilance” refers to the distinctive hiss-like sound made by the letter S, or comparable sounds like a soft C.
- Tranquility.
- Loquacious.
- Lagniappe.
- Epiphany.
- Plethora.
- Vellichor.
- Aurora.
What are some unattractive words?
unattractive
- grotesque,
- hideous,
- homely,
- ill-favored,
- monstrous,
- ugly,
- unappealing,
- unbeautiful,
What words are missing in the English language?
Six Words the English Language Is Desperately Missing
- Cafune – Brazilian. Courtesy of the rather romantic Brazilians is the word ‘cafune.
- Rhwe – Tsonga.
- Iktsuarpok – Inuit.
- Übermorgen – German.
- Pelinti – Buili.
- Vybafnout – Czech.
Is Unatract a word?
unattract is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc. The word ‘unattract’ is made up of 9 letters.
What words Cannot be translated?
These Words Can’t Be Translated Into English
- Iktsuarpok – Inuit.
- Prozvonit – Czech.
- Aware – Japanese.
- Utepils – Norwegian.
- Extrawunsch – German.
- Toska – Russian.
- Voorpret – Dutch.
- Tartle – Scottish.
What Mangata means?
Mangata: Swedish word for the glimmering, roadlike reflection that the moon creates on water.
What is the ugliest word in the world?
In his last survey conducted in 2009, the words vomit, moist, puke, phlegm, slaughter, snot, ugly, damp, and mucus, topped the list for ugliest. What makes one word uglier than another? Wolverton says a variety factors probably influence people’s perception of a word, from the word’s language of origin to the number of syllables it contains.
Is Pulchritude the ugliest word in English?
If I’m not mistaken David Foster Wallace wrote in one of his essays that the word pulchritude is an ugly word. I would take his statement a bit far and say that pulchritude is ugliest word in English. Paradoxically, pulchritude means beauty. And it competes with another word, pulchritudinous, in terms of ugliness.
Why do some words sound ugly?
How ugly or beautiful words sound may have a lot to do with what our mouths are doing when we speak them. Think about what your mouth and tongue are forming as you make a “pu” sound, for example. It’s a plosive: your lips tighten to stop air flow and then you expel air. Go ahead—do it now while you’re thinking about it.
Is scab an ugly word?
Well, not if you’re a hungry baby bird, and those nutritious chunks are…well, nevermind. This is another ugly sounding word, probably because of its combo sound of sc- followed by -ab. Fittingly, a scab is nothing but dried, congealed blood.