| Main Entry: | raspy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
Synonyms: |
cracked, croaky, dry, grating, gravelly, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, scratchy, thick, throaty |
| Main Entry: | noisy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very loud and unharmonious in sound |
Synonyms: |
blatant, blusterous, boisterous, booming, cacophonous, chattering, clamorous, clangorous, clattery, deafening, disorderly, ear-popping, ear-splitting, jumping, loudmouth, obstreperous, piercing, rackety, raising Cain, raising the roof, rambunctious, raspy, riotous, rowdy, screaming, strepitous, strident, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, turned up, uproarious, vociferous |
| Notes: | noisome means noxious, harmful, unwholesome or offensive to the smell or other senses, while noisy means full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds |
Antonyms: |
noiseless, quiet, silent, still |
| Main Entry: | scratching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grating |
Synonyms: |
abrading, abrasive, attritive, erosive, rasping, raspy, rough, scarifying, scratchy |
| Main Entry: | rasping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grating in sound |
Synonyms: |
abrasive, grating, harsh, hoarse, raspy, raucous, rough |
| Main Entry: | croaky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hoarse |
Synonyms: |
croaking, gruff, guttural, husky, raspy, scratchy, throaty |
| 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 |