untuneful

Harsh on ears

Untuneful means lacking melody or pleasant sound—the opposite of tuneful.

It describes singing, music, or voices that fail to produce agreeable tones: an untuneful rendition of the national anthem.

The word is uncommon; *unmelodious* or *off-key* appear more frequently.

discordant

dissonance

Lack of harmony

inharmonious · disharmony · discordance · atonal · unmelodic · unmusical · unharmonious · incongruous · dissonant · off-pitch

offkey

pitchy

Musically off-target

  • flatLacking vertical variation
  • sharpFine-edged, or astute
  • sourSharp, biting taste

tone-deaf · off-pitch · wavering · wobbly · warbling

grating

screeching

Making harsh high sounds

strident · raucous · harsh · abrasive · rough · squawky · earsplitting · shrill · scraping · scratchy

Opposites
melodic quality

untunefultuneful

Pleasing in sound

melodious · musical · harmonious · melodic · euphonious

Family

tune, tuning, tuneful, tuner, intonation, intone, attune, tuneless, tunefully

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G