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| Main Entry: | grating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating; scraping |
| Synonyms: | annoying, disagreeable, discordant, displeasing, dissonant, dry, grinding, harsh, harsh-sounding, hoarse, irksome, jarring, offensive, rasping, raucous, rough, shrill, squeaky, strident, stridulent, stridulous, unpleasant, vexatious |
| Antonyms: | pleasing, soothing |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | harsh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Disagreeable to the sense of hearing. |
| Synonyms: | dry, hoarse, jarring, rasping, raspy, raucous, rough, scratchy, squawky, strident |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Main Entry: | grating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | discordant, grid, harsh, jarring, rasping, raspy, strident, stridulous |
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