braying
Loud ass cry
Braying is the harsh, loud cry of a donkey—that distinctive hee-haw sound.
The word extends to any similarly grating noise, especially unpleasant human sounds: braying laughter, braying voices.
To describe someone as braying suggests they're loud, obnoxious, and oblivious to how unpleasant they sound.
Small domesticated donkey
- jackassMale donkey; idiot
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- hinnyMale horse, female donkey
- jennyFemale of the burro
equine · hooves · pasture · stable · farmyard · hay · fodder · grazing
Unpleasantly severe or rough
- gratingCrossed bars or harsh
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- cacophonousHarsh and jarring
- discordantLacking musical agreement
strident · piercing · earsplitting · loud · blaring · deafening · honking · bellowing
burro
Small domesticated donkey
jenny · equine · hooves · pasture · stable · farmyard · hay · fodder · grazing · livestock
harsh
Unpleasantly severe or rough
- gratingCrossed bars or harsh
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- cacophonousHarsh and jarring
discordant · strident · piercing · earsplitting · loud · blaring · deafening · honking · bellowing · clamorous
scoffing
Mocking with contempt
derision · contempt · sneering · disdain · gibe · scorn · laughing · hooting · catcalling · heckling
warning
Alert about danger
horn · klaxon · tocsin · clarion · summons · announcement · cry · shout · call · bugle
- animal signalsbody language, bird songs, tail wagging, mating calls, whale song
- animal soundsbark, meow, woof, moo, roar
- donkeysdonkey, burro, jenny, jack, foal
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- farm animal traitswoolly, spotted, hooved, horned, feathered
- loud criesscream, screech, shriek, yell, howl
brayingmelodious
Agreeable in sound
musical · dulcet · mellifluous · harmonious · soothing
brayingtittering
Nervous, restrained laughter
giggling · chuckling · snickering · murmuring · restrained