| Main Entry: | strident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh, shrill |
Synonyms: |
blatant, boisterous, clamorous, clashing, discordant, grating, hoarse, jangling, jarring, loud, noisy, obstreperous, rasping, raucous, screeching, squawky, squeaky, stentorian, stertorous, stridulant, stridulous, unmusical, vociferant, vociferous |
Antonyms: |
low, mild, moderate, soft |
| Main Entry: | blatant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deafening |
Synonyms: |
boisterous, clamorous, crying, ear-splitting, harsh, loud, loudmouthed, noisy, obstreperous, obtrusive, piercing, screaming, scurrilous, strident, vociferant, vociferous, vulgar |
| Notes: | flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant |
Antonyms: |
quiet, silent |
| Main Entry: | boisterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noisy and mischievous |
Synonyms: |
bouncy, brawling, clamorous, disorderly, effervescent, impetuous, loud, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, riotous, rollicking, rowdy, strident, tumultous/tumultuous, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, vociferant, vociferous, wild |
Antonyms: |
calm, quiet, restrained, silent |
| Main Entry: | brassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, loud to the senses |
Synonyms: |
arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent |
| Main Entry: | cacophonous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh sounding |
Synonyms: |
clinking, discordant, disharmonic, dissonant, grating, ill-sounding, immusical, inharmonious, jangly, jarring, noisy, raucous, sour, strident, unmusical |
Antonyms: |
quiet |
| Main Entry: | clarion |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear, stirring sound |
Synonyms: |
blaring, definite, inspiring, loud, ringing, sharp, shrill, strident |
| Main Entry: | discordant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not in harmony; conflicting |
Synonyms: |
antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrarient, contrary, different, disagreeing, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, on a sour note, opposite, quarreling, strident, uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmixable |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, agreeing, concordant, cooperating, harmonious |
| Main Entry: | dissonant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unharmonious |
Synonyms: |
cacophonic, cacophonous, discordant, disharmonic, disharmonious, grating, harsh, inharmonic, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, out of tune, raucous, strident, tuneless, unmelodious, unmusical |
Antonyms: |
concordant, harmonious |
| Main Entry: | earsplitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loud |
Synonyms: |
blaring, deafening, noisy, penetrating, piercing, ringing, shrill, strident, thunderous |
| 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 |