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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | raspy in voice |
| Synonyms: | blatant, breathy, cracked, croaking, croaky, croupy, discordant, dry, grating, gravelly, growling, gruff, guttural, harsh, husky, indistinct, jarring, piercing, ragged, raucous, rough, scratching, squawking, stertorous, strident, stridulous, thick, throaty, uneven, whispering |
| Antonyms: | smooth, soft, soothing |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | gruff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rasping in sound |
| Synonyms: | cracked, croaking, croaky, grating, guttural, harsh, hoarse, husky, low, rough, throaty |
| Antonyms: | pleasant, soft, sweet |
| Main Entry: | guttural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep in sound |
| Synonyms: | glottal, grating, gravelly, growling, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inarticulate, low, rasping, rough, sepulchral, thick, throaty |
| Antonyms: | dulcet |
| 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: | husky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep, scratchy in sound |
| Synonyms: | croaking, croaky, growling, gruff, guttural, harsh, hoarse, loud, rasping, raucous, rough, throaty |
| Antonyms: | low, quiet, soft |
| Main Entry: | raspy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | cracked, croaky, dry, grating, gravelly, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, scratchy, thick, throaty |
| 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 |
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