Synonyms for unmelodious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : muh-loh-dee-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : məˈloʊ di əs |
Top 10 synonyms for unmelodious Other synonyms for the word unmelodious
- at odds
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonic
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- contradictory
- contrarient
- contrary
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- different
- disagreeing
- discrepant
- disharmonic
- disharmonious
- dissonant
- disturbing
- divergent
- dry
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- harsh
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inharmonic
- inharmonious
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- on a sour note
- opposite
- out of tune
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- quarreling
- rasping
- rigid
- rough
- rude
- rugged
- rusty
- scratchy
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- squawky
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uncongenial
- uneven
- unharmonious
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmixable
- unmusical
- unrelenting
Définition of unmelodious
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French melodios "melodious; delightful" (French mélodieux), from Medieval Latin melodiosus, from Latin melodia (see melody). Related: Melodiously; melodiousness.
- As in scratchy : adj harsh
- As in squawky : adj harsh
- As in unharmonious : adj inharmonious
- As in unmusical : adj inharmonious
- As in discordant : adj not in harmony; conflicting
- As in dissonant : adj unharmonious
- As in harsh : adj rough, crude (to the senses)
- Their music is for the most part religious, inharmonious, and unmelodious.
- Extract from : « The Great White Tribe in Filipinia » by Paul T. Gilbert
- If unmelodious was the song,It was a hearty note and strong.
- Extract from : « Christmastide » by William Sandys
- His call is not unmelodious, though it would be misleading to call it a song.
- Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 4 [April 1902] » by Various
- The words came quick and decisive in a not unmelodious voice.
- Extract from : « The Chief Legatee » by Anna Katharine Green
- Unmelodious persons are almost throttled by a desire to whistle; but the true singer feels as dumb as a tree.
- Extract from : « The Green Carnation » by Robert Smythe Hichens
- Not alone are the voices of the women too often unmelodious, but those of the men also need attention.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms » by John A. Cone
- It was a phrase of song, a wandering strain in half tones and fluted accidentals, not unmelodious.
- Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell
- Birds can be taught various tunes, and even the unmelodious sparrow has learnt to sing like a linnet.
- Extract from : « The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex » by Charles Darwin
- But he kept these unmelodious thoughts to himself, and was outwardly considerate and kind.
- Extract from : « Wessex Tales » by Thomas Hardy
- While thus engaged, he heard a cheery and not unmelodious voice chanting a fragment of song in some foreign tongue.
- Extract from : « The Spanish Brothers » by Deborah Alcock
Antonyms for unmelodious
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