unmelodious
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.məˈləʊ.di.əs/us/ˌʌn.məˈloʊ.di.əs/notmelodious(=pleasanttolistento):
Thisbirdhas adistinctive,shrill, and unmelodiouscall.
It's anunderstatementto say that hissingingis unmelodious - he'spracticallytonedeaf.
- Thesupportersbrokeinto aloud,drunken, andparticularlyunmelodiousrenditionof thenationalanthem.
- Ifounditextremelyhard tolistento the unmelodioustonesof thepriestwhosesermonseemedto benever-ending.
- Despite the unmelodiouscacophonyin thestreetsfrom all thecelebratingfanspressingtheircarhorns, I stillfoundthesheernoiseuplifting.
Describing qualities of sound
- audibly
- chuff
- clomp
- consonance
- crackly
- easy on the eye/earidiom
- euphonious
- fullness
- mellifluous
- melodic
- plaintively
- plaintiveness
- plangent
- pure
- raucously
- rhythmic
- sizzling
- timbre
- tinny
- tuneless