unmelodious

Grating to ears

Unmelodious describes sounds that lack melody or musical quality—harsh, discordant, or simply not pleasing to the ear.

The word applies to voices, instruments, or any sound that fails to achieve tunefulness: an unmelodious clatter of pots and pans, His unmelodious singing drove the cat from the room.

cacophonous

din

Sustained unpleasant noise

clamorLoud persistent noise
racketUproar, scam, or paddle
noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance

babel · pandemonium · tumult · uproar · bedlam · clatter · hubbub · clangor · blare · caterwauling

off-key

pitchy

Musically off-target

flatLacking vertical variation
sharpFine-edged, or astute
out-of-tuneWrong in pitch

sour · tuneless · tone-deaf · mistuned · detuned · untuned · warbling · wavering · faltering · wobbly

discordant

dissonant

Lacking harmonic agreement

clashingStriking with discord
jarringDisturbingly incongruous
inharmoniousLacking pleasing agreement

disharmony · discord · conflicting · jangling · atonal · atonality · dissonance · unharmonious · inharmonic · twelve-tone

grating

screeching

Making harsh high sounds

grindingMolar action sometimes
raspingHarsh and grating
scrapingRubbing away material

squeaking · creaking · gnashing · scratchy · raspy · shrill · squealing · crunching · squelching · piercing

unmelodious

din

pitchy

dissonant

screeching

unmelodious

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