untunableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈtjuːnəbl/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈtʃuːnəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈt(j)unəb(ə)l/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.

a. Not tuneful; unmelodious, inharmonious, harsh-sounding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > making harsh or discordant sound

hoarsec1369

ganglinga1398

roughlyc1400

rauk?a1425

rustyc1430

hask?1440

savagea1450

raw1474

hoar?a1505

harsh1530

untunable1545

jarring1552

jarry1582

barking1589

absonant1600

wrangling1608

raucous1615

asper1626

streperous1637

scrannel1638

caterwaulinga1652

unmelodious1665

jangling1667

latrant1702

untuneful1709

raucid1730

unharmonious1742

unmelodized1771

unmelodic1823

raucal1826

rauque1845

raspish1847

serratic1859

jangled1874

jangly1891

amelodic1937

1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Absonus voce, he that hath an vntunable voyce.

1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 185 b The vnpleasaunte and vntunable roringe of Asses.

1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C Or be the shepheards which do serue her laesie?..Or be their pipes vntunable and craesie?

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iv. 11 The most untunable musick in the world.

1688 in A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 274 A boy..with a cat under his coat..made her make..an untunable noise.

1749 W. Melmoth Lett. by Sir Thomas Fitzosborne II. lix. 100 [It] might probably give musick to those lines in Horace, which now seem so untuneable.

1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio III. 307 Constructed in measures wholly untuneable.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 100 The Normans could not endure the Saxons' untunable consonants.

1887 W. G. Palgrave Ulysses 34 The four church bells..have been ringing a very hospitable, though untuneable, peal.

b. figurative or in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective]

discordablea1393

discordanta1393

discordinga1398

incongruea1398

inconvenient1398

unaccording1398

discordc1415

disagreeablea1425

inconsutilec1450

unaccordanta1470

dissonant1490

disaccordanta1513

disagreeing?1526

incongruent1531

wide1531

unconsonant1535

dissonate1548

dissenting1550

dissident?c1550

unagreeable?1550

disconformc1554

discrepant1556

absonant1564

dissentany1586

disconsorted1589

disagreed1596

discordous1597

discordious1598

incorrespondent1599

dissentious1605

untunable1605

incongruous1611

unagreeing1611

unanswerable1611

eccentric1612

unconcurrent1613

disconsonant1614

dissentaneous1623

dissorting1631

uncorrespondent1631

discorrespondent1635

incoincident1636

unconcurring1639

eccentrical1640

unatonable1645

incompliant1647

pluranimous1650

disconformeda1658

inagreeable1657

inconsonant1658

disharmonious1659

inconcinn1660

discongruous1663

unharmonious1667

discoherent1675

uncongruous1709

inharmonious1749

immutual1768

unharmonized1803

unconsentaneous1818

inaccordant1822

uncorresponding1826

unharmonizing1851

non-concurring1866

discordful1867

disharmonic1887

non-concurrent1907

1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. B 2 b I will not heere warble long vpon this vntuneable harsh string.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 8 It is wholly patched up of untuneable discords and jarring absurdities.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 209 In dumbe silence will I bury mine [sc. news], For they are harsh, vn-tuneable, and bad.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 84 He who sees not this argument how plainly it serves to divorce any untunable, or unattonable matrimony, sees little.

1661 J. Stephens Hist. Disc. Procur. 129 That which..in him..seemeth..untunable and out of square and friendly compasse.

2. Incapable of being tuned.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [adjective] > tunable > not

untunable1786

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Untuneable, an epithet applied to those pipes, or strings, which from some flaw, or the inequality of their parts, cannot be brought to an exactly unisonous pitch.

3. Not appreciative of music.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [adjective] > not

unmusical1603

earless1605

mistuned1755

deaf1785

timber1815

untunable1851

rhythm-deaf1871

tone-deaf1894

amusical1906

1851 J. Keble Occas. Papers (1877) 251 The colours are spread before the blind; the music falls on untunable ears.

Derivatives

unˈtunableness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun]

harshnessc1480

dissonance1598

raucedity1599

raucity1607

untunableness1611

disharmony1656

asperity1664

raucidity1669

inharmoniousness1768

tunelessness1881

untunefulness1881

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desaccord, a jarre, discord, untuneablenesse.

1659 H. More Immortality of Soul iii. ix. 420 The tenderer Ear cannot but feel..some harshness and untunableness or other, in the best consorts of Musical Instruments and Voices.

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 217 The untunableness of one or two Instruments dis-recommends the whole Musical Consort.

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. ii. 65 The harshness and untuneableness of modern languages.

1832 Westm. Rev. Oct. 357 An age which finds beauties in untuneableness, and believes exact intonation would be an evil and a loss.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	untunable
释义	untunableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtjuːnəbl/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈtʃuːnəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈt(j)unəb(ə)l/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b. 1. a. Not tuneful; unmelodious, inharmonious, harsh-sounding. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > making harsh or discordant sound hoarsec1369 ganglinga1398 roughlyc1400 rauk?a1425 rustyc1430 hask?1440 savagea1450 raw1474 hoar?a1505 harsh1530 untunable1545 jarring1552 jarry1582 barking1589 absonant1600 wrangling1608 raucous1615 asper1626 streperous1637 scrannel1638 caterwaulinga1652 unmelodious1665 jangling1667 latrant1702 untuneful1709 raucid1730 unharmonious1742 unmelodized1771 unmelodic1823 raucal1826 rauque1845 raspish1847 serratic1859 jangled1874 jangly1891 amelodic1937 1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Absonus voce, he that hath an vntunable voyce. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 185 b The vnpleasaunte and vntunable roringe of Asses. 1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C Or be the shepheards which do serue her laesie?..Or be their pipes vntunable and craesie? 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iv. 11 The most untunable musick in the world. 1688 in A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 274 A boy..with a cat under his coat..made her make..an untunable noise. 1749 W. Melmoth Lett. by Sir Thomas Fitzosborne II. lix. 100 [It] might probably give musick to those lines in Horace, which now seem so untuneable. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio III. 307 Constructed in measures wholly untuneable. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 100 The Normans could not endure the Saxons' untunable consonants. 1887 W. G. Palgrave Ulysses 34 The four church bells..have been ringing a very hospitable, though untuneable, peal. b. figurative or in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] discordablea1393 discordanta1393 discordinga1398 incongruea1398 inconvenient1398 unaccording1398 discordc1415 disagreeablea1425 inconsutilec1450 unaccordanta1470 dissonant1490 disaccordanta1513 disagreeing?1526 incongruent1531 wide1531 unconsonant1535 dissonate1548 dissenting1550 dissident?c1550 unagreeable?1550 disconformc1554 discrepant1556 absonant1564 dissentany1586 disconsorted1589 disagreed1596 discordous1597 discordious1598 incorrespondent1599 dissentious1605 untunable1605 incongruous1611 unagreeing1611 unanswerable1611 eccentric1612 unconcurrent1613 disconsonant1614 dissentaneous1623 dissorting1631 uncorrespondent1631 discorrespondent1635 incoincident1636 unconcurring1639 eccentrical1640 unatonable1645 incompliant1647 pluranimous1650 disconformeda1658 inagreeable1657 inconsonant1658 disharmonious1659 inconcinn1660 discongruous1663 unharmonious1667 discoherent1675 uncongruous1709 inharmonious1749 immutual1768 unharmonized1803 unconsentaneous1818 inaccordant1822 uncorresponding1826 unharmonizing1851 non-concurring1866 discordful1867 disharmonic1887 non-concurrent1907 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. B 2 b I will not heere warble long vpon this vntuneable harsh string. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 8 It is wholly patched up of untuneable discords and jarring absurdities. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 209 In dumbe silence will I bury mine [sc. news], For they are harsh, vn-tuneable, and bad. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 84 He who sees not this argument how plainly it serves to divorce any untunable, or unattonable matrimony, sees little. 1661 J. Stephens Hist. Disc. Procur. 129 That which..in him..seemeth..untunable and out of square and friendly compasse. 2. Incapable of being tuned. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [adjective] > tunable > not untunable1786 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Untuneable, an epithet applied to those pipes, or strings, which from some flaw, or the inequality of their parts, cannot be brought to an exactly unisonous pitch. 3. Not appreciative of music. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [adjective] > not unmusical1603 earless1605 mistuned1755 deaf1785 timber1815 untunable1851 rhythm-deaf1871 tone-deaf1894 amusical1906 1851 J. Keble Occas. Papers (1877) 251 The colours are spread before the blind; the music falls on untunable ears. Derivatives unˈtunableness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] harshnessc1480 dissonance1598 raucedity1599 raucity1607 untunableness1611 disharmony1656 asperity1664 raucidity1669 inharmoniousness1768 tunelessness1881 untunefulness1881 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desaccord, a jarre, discord, untuneablenesse. 1659 H. More Immortality of Soul iii. ix. 420 The tenderer Ear cannot but feel..some harshness and untunableness or other, in the best consorts of Musical Instruments and Voices. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 217 The untunableness of one or two Instruments dis-recommends the whole Musical Consort. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. ii. 65 The harshness and untuneableness of modern languages. 1832 Westm. Rev. Oct. 357 An age which finds beauties in untuneableness, and believes exact intonation would be an evil and a loss. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1545
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