ill-sounding

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But when he communed with his son concerning the espousals, and informed him of his plans, the son thought it strange and ill-sounding, and cast it off, and left his father and went into exile.

From Barlaam and Ioasaph by John of Damascus, Saint

And what shall we have to oppose against these ill-sounding sentences of the poets.—

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

The distorting of names occurs frequently enough not as a slip of the tongue, but as an attempt to give the name an ill-sounding or debasing character.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

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

There's a barbarous and improper word, an ill-sounding word; upon my honour, a word without dignity or merit and banishable from polite speech.

From Clementina by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)