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lyrical

adj. suitable for or suggestive of singing

lyric, lyrical

adj. expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"

musical

adj. characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy"

ariose, songlike

adj. having a melody (as distinguished from recitative)

canorous, songful

adj. richly melodious

cantabile, singing

adj. smooth and flowing

dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet

adj. pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"

affectional, affective, emotive

adj. characterized by emotion

bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy

adj. effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

cathartic, releasing

adj. emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

charged, supercharged

adj. fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech"

funky, low-down

adj. (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues

hot-blooded

adj. prone to emotion; "hot-blooded Latin-Americans"

mind-blowing

adj. intensely affecting the mind or emotions; "spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience"; "a mind-blowing horror story"

moody, temperamental

adj. subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"

overemotional, sloppy

adj. excessively or abnormally emotional

soulful

adj. full of or expressing deep emotion; "soulful eyes"; "soulful music"

warm-toned

adj. used of music

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