harsh-sounding

But Musk has nonetheless ditched all of that in favor of X, a harsh-sounding name with no relationship to what the platform does.

Even more annoying was that any exertion could trigger a strange, harsh-sounding wheeze.

In these languages, they didn’t find the harsh-sounding stop consonants that seem common in English swear words.

The legendary game designer recalled how he found the juxtaposition of a cute character with a harsh-sounding name "very funny" and so, Kirby was born.

Aside from a harsh-sounding, “Please don’t call me that!” how can I politely tell him that I would prefer he use my first name instead?