MELLIFLUENT Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For MELLIFLUENT
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cacophonous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having an unpleasant sound | ||||||||
discordant | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not in agreement or harmony adjective satellite • lacking in harmony | ||||||||
dissonant | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved • lacking in harmony • not in accord | ||||||||
grating | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air • a frame of iron bars to hold a fire • optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum adjective satellite • unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | ||||||||
harsh | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles adjective satellite • unpleasantly stern • unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses • unkind or cruel or uncivil • severe • sharply disagreeable; rigorous | ||||||||
jarring | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • making or causing a harsh and irritating sound | ||||||||
rough | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • having or caused by an irregular surface • of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped • causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements • not shaped by cutting or trimming noun • the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short adverb • with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') • with rough motion as over a rough surface adjective satellite • (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse • not quite exact or correct • full of hardship or trials • violently agitated and turbulent • unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound • ready and able to resort to force or violence • not carefully or expertly made • not perfected • unpleasantly stern • unkind or cruel or uncivil verb • prepare in preliminary or sketchy form | ||||||||
strident | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry • of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') • being sharply insistent on being heard • unpleasantly loud and harsh | ||||||||
tuneless | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not having a musical sound or pleasing tune | ||||||||
unmelodious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not having a musical sound or pleasing tune • lacking melody |