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adj. Having a harsh, unpleasant sound; discordant.

adj. Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.

Sounding harshly; ill-sounding; discordant: opposed to euphonious.

adj. having an unpleasant sound

"One cannot escape the feeling that, for these slim tales, appearance between these covers is a kind of cacophonous family reunion, where the relatives have long been far-flung across continents, and yet immediately have thousands of things to say."

guttural    jangly    rasping    croaky    splitting    rough    rending    cackly    gravelly    strident   

musical    euphonious    harmonious   

cacophony   

ill-sounding    harsh    raucous    discordant    unmelodic    inharmonious    unmusical   

ear-splitting    blood-freezing    atbumalik    day-a    atonal    dissonant    deep-mouthed    fast-increasing    gabby    bird-nesting