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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

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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"

grating, rasping, rough, gravelly, harsh, raspy

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

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"

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euphonious, pleasant, euphonous

adj. having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter"

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