anti-musicaladj.n.
/ˌantɪˈmjuːzᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˈmjuzək(ə)l/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈmjuzək(ə)l/, /ˌæn(t)əˈmjuzək(ə)l/ 1. Opposed or hostile to music.
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1745 H. Fielding True Patriot 31 Dec. And what are the Objections which our anti-musical Enemies make to this Entertainment?
1886 Sat. Rev. 25 Dec. 831/1 The old, silly, disreputable theory that England is, and always has been, and must always remain, anti-musical.
1922 S. Leslie Oppidan iii. 42 In an anti-musical philathletic school he was always anxious to impress the new boys.
2019 H. Lewis French Musical Culture & Coming of Sound Cinema (e-book ed.) The stance of the ‘official’ surrealist writers was staunchly antimusical.
2. That is the opposite of musical; extremely unmusical. Also as n.
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1824 Harmonicon Mar. 53 He has a jerking squeak..in his high notes, that is perfectly anti-musical.
1920 Musical Q. 6 506 The ordinary pianola thus marks the extremest limit of the antimusical which humanity has ever witnessed.
1996 Daily Tel. 27 May 17/6 Ponderous political symbolism, loveless sex, anti-musical scores,..and, most deadly of all, accusatory stares at the audience; these are a few of dance-theatre's favourite things.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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