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adj. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson

jangling, jangly

adj. like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs"

shrill, piercing

adj. loud and sharp; "the piercing shriek of sirens"

raucous, strident

adj. unpleasantly loud and harsh

rending

adj. resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"

screaming, shrieking

adj. emitting or resembling loud piercing sounds like screams: "a screaming fury of sound"; "shrieking winds"

sour, false, off-key

adj. inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"

dissonant, unresolved

adj. characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved

accordant

adj. being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature"-Thomas Hardy

harmonious

adj. musically pleasing

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