| 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: | harsh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, crude (to the senses) |
Synonyms: |
acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, flat, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jangling, jarring, noisy, not smooth, off-key, out-of-key, out-of-tune, rasping, raucous, rigid, rugged, rusty, screeching, severe, sharp, sour, strident, stridulous, tuneless, uneven, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unrelenting |
Antonyms: |
easy, gentle, mild, peaceful, pleasing, smooth, soft |
| Main Entry: | off-key |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sounding right |
Synonyms: |
abnormal, anomalous, clinker, deviant, discordant, dissonant, divergent, flat, inharmonious, irregular, jarring, not harmonious, off-pitch, off-tone, out of keeping, out of pitch, out of tune, out of tune, sour, sour note, sour*, unmusical, unnatural, untuned |
Antonyms: |
concordant, harmonious, on-key |
| Main Entry: | scratchy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh |
Synonyms: |
acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, dry, earsplitting, flat*, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jangling, jarring, noisy, not smooth, off-key, out-of-key, out-of-tune, rasping, raspy, raucous, rigid, rough, rugged, rusty, screeching, severe, sharp, sour*, squawky, strident, stridulous, tuneless, uneven, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unrelenting |
| Main Entry: | squawky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh |
Synonyms: |
acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, dry, earsplitting, flat*, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jangling, jarring, noisy, not smooth, off-key, out-of-key, out-of-tune, rasping, raspy, raucous, rigid, rough, rugged, rusty, scratchy, screeching, severe, sharp, sour*, strident, stridulous, tuneless, uneven, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unrelenting |