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out-of-tune
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
- rasping
- raucous
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- sour
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in off-key
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
- rasping
- rigid
- rough
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- squawky
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in squawky
Example Sentences
We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
A red-headed girl was playing a very much out-of-tune piano and playing it very badly.
Again, the continual slurring of the voice from one tone to another produces upon us the impression of out-of-tune singing.
And there was a great clamour—as out-of-tune as out-of-tune could be.
Men rose and spoke and prayed, at intervals the out-of-tune piano was invoked.
As they entered, a young lady began to play on an out-of-tune piano, which Judge Josiah Saunders had presented to the church.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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