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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not smooth or balanced |
| Synonyms: | asperous, asymmetrical, broken, bumpy, changeable, craggy, differing, discrepant, disparate, disproportionate, fitful, fluctuating, harsh, ill-matched, intermittent, irregular, jagged, jerky, leftover, lopsided, nonsymmetrical, not flat, not level, not parallel, notched, odd, off-balance, one-sided, overbalanced, patchy, remaining, rough, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, serrate, spasmodic, spotty, unbalanced, unequal, unfair, unlevel, unsmooth, unsteady, unsymmetrical, variable |
| Antonyms: | balanced, continuous, even, level, smooth |
| Main Entry: | choppy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wavy |
| Synonyms: | inclement, ripply, rough, uneven, violent, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, smooth |
| Main Entry: | craggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jagged |
| Synonyms: | asperous, broken, cragged, harsh, precipitous, rock-bound, rocky, rough, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, stony, uneven, unlevel, unsmooth |
| Antonyms: | flat, smooth |
| Main Entry: | crooked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bent, angled |
| Synonyms: | agee, anfractuous, angular, asymmetric, awry, bowed, catawampus, circuitous, cockeyed, contorted, crippled, curved, curving, deformed, deviating, devious, disfigured, distorted, errant, gnarled, hooked, incurving, indirect, irregular, kinky, knurly, lopsided, meandering, misshapen, not straight, oblique, out of shape, rambling, roundabout, screwy, serpentine, sinuous, skewed, slanted, snaky, spiral, tilted, topsy-turvy, tortile, tortuous, twisted, twisting, uneven, warped, winding, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straight |
| Main Entry: | disparate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at odds, different |
| Synonyms: | at variance, contrary, contrasting, discordant, discrepant, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, far cry, incommensurate, incompatible, inconsistent, inconsonant, like night and day, poles apart, separate, unalike, unequal, unequivalent, uneven, unlike, unsimilar, various |
| Antonyms: | alike, equal, like, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | disproportionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of balance |
| Synonyms: | asymmetric, excessive, incommensurate, inordinate, irregular, lopsided, nonsymmetrical, out of proportion, overbalanced, superfluous, too much, unequal, uneven, unreasonable, unsymmetrical |
| Antonyms: | balanced, equal, even, proportionate |
| 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: | hilly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bumpy |
| Synonyms: | craggy, elevated, mountainous, rangy, rocky, rolling, rugged, sloping, steep, undulating, uneven |
| Main Entry: | hoarse |
| 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 |
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