clarion vs honey-mouthed

clarion

adj
  • Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear. 

noun
  • An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1). 

  • A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting. 

  • A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound. 

  • The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion. 

verb
  • To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1). 

  • Of a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion. 

  • To sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion. 

  • To announce or herald (something) clearly, especially so as to stir or unite people. 

honey-mouthed

adj
  • (in a positive sense) Having a sweet and smooth voice; eloquent. 

  • (in a negative sense) Indirect, delivering a message in a way that will make it seem more pleasant to the hearer(s); seductive, persuasive. 

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