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MELLIFLUENT Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word mellifluent. (opposite meanings)

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

Alternatives for CACOPHONOUS

Alternatives for DISCORDANT

Alternatives for DISSONANT

Alternatives for GRATING

Alternatives for HARSH

Alternatives for JARRING

Alternatives for ROUGH

Alternatives for STRIDENT

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