unmelodious in English

adjective

not pleasing to ear, not melodious

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1. Synonyms for Cacophonous include discordant, dissonant, inharmonious, grating, harsh, jarring, raucous, strident, unmelodious and unmusical

2. Synonyms for Atonal include discordant, cacophonous, dissonant, inharmonious, unharmonious, twelve-note, twelve-tone, harsh, unmelodious and unmusical

3. The Bananaquit’s song is a rapid series of high-pitched, shrill, unmelodious squeaks which is heard most noisily while foraging in groups (Gross 1958)

4. Cacophony Definition If we speak literally, Cacophony points to a situation in which there is a mixture of harsh and inharmonious sounds. In literature, however, the term refers to the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing, and unmelodious sounds – primarily those of consonants – to achieve desired results.

5. Cacophony in Lewis Carroll’s“Jabberwocky” In his 1871 novel, “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There,” Lewis Carroll created perhaps the best-known example of Cacophony by the inclusion of the classic poem, “Jabberwocky.”The poem, which at once fascinated and confounded the novel’s main character Alice, uses Cacophony in the form of invented, unmelodious …