| Main Entry: | unmusical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inharmonious |
Synonyms: |
antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrarient, contrary, different, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonic, jangling, jarring, on a sour note, opposite, quarreling, rude, strident, uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmixable |
| 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: | 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: | raucous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noisy, rough |
Synonyms: |
absonant, acute, atonal, blaring, blatant, braying, brusque, cacophonous, discordant, dissonant, dry, ear-piercing, grating, grinding, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inharmonious, jarring, loud, piercing, rasping, sharp, squawking, stertorous, strident, thick, unharmonious, unmusical |
| Notes: | raucous means unpleasantly loud and harsh or disturbing the public peace, while a ruckus is a disturbance or a commotion |
Antonyms: |
calm, quiet, soft, subdued |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stormy; not quiet |
Synonyms: |
agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, rugged, squally, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unmusical, wild |
Antonyms: |
calm, mild, moderate, temperate |
| 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: | roiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
Synonyms: |
agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, dirty, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy*, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, roily, rugged, squally, stormy, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly*, unmusical, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | roily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
Synonyms: |
agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, dirty, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy*, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, roiled, rugged, squally, stormy, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly*, unmusical, violent, wild |