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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having high-pitched sound |
| Synonyms: | falsetto, strident, stridulate, stridulous |
| 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: | 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: | unsoiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clean |
| Synonyms: | antiseptic, cleanly, cleansed, clear, delicate, dirtless, elegant, faultless, flawless, fresh, graceful, hygienic, immaculate, laundered, neat as a button, neat as a pin, neat*, orderly, pure, sanitary, shining, simple, snowy, sparkling, speckless, spic and span, spotless, squeaky, stainless, taintless, tidy, trim, unblemished, unpolluted, unsmudged, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, vanilla, washed, well-kept, white* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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