uneuphoniousadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > [adjective]
foula1398
uglyc1400
unsweet1579
absonant1600
teeth-edging1603
horrisonous1631
horrisonant1656
ungrateful1659
common sounding1676
lacerant1785
cacophonous1797
uncadencedc1838
cacophonic1847
unlistenable1872
uneuphonious1880
ineuphonious1887
1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne I. i. 36 The uneuphonious name of Godolphin has been traced..to certain words of Celtic origin.
Derivatives
uneuˈphoniously adv.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adverb]
rudelya1375
untunably1504
hoarselya1529
jarringly1583
harshly1599
unmusically1609
disharmoniously1664
hoarse1709
unmelodiously1739
unharmoniously1783
raucously1852
raggedly1854
dissonously1866
uneuphoniously1882
untunefully1884
1882 Murray's Handbk. Wiltshire, Dorsetshire & Somersetshire (ed. 4) 261/1 On the N. bank of the most uneuphoniously named Puddle or Piddle, from which unhappily the string of villages along its banks take their names.
1939 J. Squire Water-music ii. 38 The mother bird (if she indeed it was) by this time screaming uneuphoniously around my head.
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