| grating(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, rough) |
| hostile(adjective, discordant) |
| off-key(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, flat) |
| quarrelsome(adjective, discordant) |
| raucous(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, rough) |
| scratchy(adjective, harsh, asperous, grinding, dissonant) |
| sharp(adjective, hard, severe, flat, rough) |
| sour(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, flat) |
| squawky(adjective, harsh, asperous, grinding, dissonant) |
| strident(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, rough) |
| toneless |
| tune |
| unmelodic |
| absonant |
| acrid(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, flat) |
| asperous(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, flat) |
| astringent(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, flat) |
| bitter(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, flat) |
| bleak(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, flat) |
| cacophonic(adjective, discordant, asperous, raucous, unharmonious) |