ill-sounding

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A fault in Dickens is that nearly all his names are rugged, uncouth, and ill-sounding, and seldom characteristic.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza

I take back the ill-sounding word, with the remark, though, that cynicism seems to me a word invented by hypocrites.

From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph

“An ill-sounding list of names,” said Mr Tremayne quietly.

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah

At Bayonne, concerning a clerical epistle in which an ill-sounding phrase occurs, "the grand-vicar who drew it up is sent to Pignerol for ten years, and I think that the bishop is exiled."

From The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Durand, John

Mrs. Zwicker was indulging in a tirade against the pleasure resorts and the ill-sounding names of places in the environs of Berlin, when the postman came.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various