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Word entry · 12 letters

counterpoint

Best crossword clue

"Contrasting melody"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪnt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceinnooprttuStarts with CEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2O3U4N5T6E7R8P9O10I11N12T

Definitions

  1. write in counterpoint

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Middle French contrepoint, from Medieval Latin contrāpūnctum. Equivalent to counter- + point.

Used in a sentence

  • I noticed […] that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.
  • As counterpoints to the glamorous looks of 1980s models such as Chistie Brinkley and Heidi Klum, heroin chic looks such as Kate Moss were thin to the point of anorectic gauntness.
  • […] Priests; who affecting in them selves and their followers a certein Angelical puritie, fell sodainly to the very counterpoint of justifying bestialitie.

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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Contrasting melody12 letters

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