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pebbly, shingly

adj. abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach"

grating, rasping, rough, harsh, raspy

adj. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

abrasive, scratchy

adj. causing abrasion

corrosive, caustic, erosive, vitriolic

adj. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

rough

adj. having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"

jagged, jaggy, ragged, scraggy

adj. having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"

toothed, notched, serrate, serrated, saw-toothed

adj. notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex

sandy

adj. abounding in sand; "Florida's sandy beaches"

sloping

adj. having a slanting form or direction; "an area of gently sloping hills"; "a room with a sloping ceiling"

cackly, squawky

adj. like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg

guttural, croaking, croaky

adj. like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs"

discordant, jarring

adj. making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk"

husky, gruff, hoarse

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"

soft

adj. (of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music"

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