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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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