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unmelodious
adjective as in discordant
adjective as in dissonant
adjective as in harsh
Strong match
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- guttural
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- sour
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in scratchy
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- dissonant
- disturbing
- dry
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- rigid
- rough
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- squawky
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in squawky
adjective as in unharmonious
Weak matches
adjective as in unmusical
Weak matches
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- at odds
- cacophonous
- clashing
- contradictory
- contrarient
- contrary
- different
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discrepant
- disharmonious
- dissonant
- divergent
- grating
- harsh
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inharmonic
- jangling
- jarring
- on a sour note
- opposite
- quarreling
- rude
- strident
- uncongenial
- unharmonious
- unmixable
Example Sentences
It was a rough and unmelodious tongue, a string of rattling, guttural noises, and there seemed to be two speakers, one with a slightly lower, slower voice than the other.
For the Cavaliers, these were jarring, unmelodious sentiments.
Most sounds emanating from the Emirates this season have been unmelodious but that will be music to the ears of Arsenal fans.
Consequently our friends were advancing at a high rate of speed, keeping up their courage by giving forth unmelodious noises.
On a warm day in winter they are occasionally heard attempting to sing, the bird darting up vertically into the air and pouring out with great energy a confused torrent of unmelodious sounds.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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