untunefuladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtjuːnf(ᵿ)l/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈtʃuːnf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈt(j)unfəl/ (un- prefix1 1.)
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
1709 Brit. Apollo 23–27 Apr. My Voice is so Hoarse and Untuneful.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. Slawkenbergius's Tale 67 Harsh and untuneful are the notes of love, Unless my Julia strikes the key.
1803 Monthly Mag. 16 25 He had a voice rough and untuneful.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Owl ii. 6 Her voice untuneful grown, Wears all day a fainter tone.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 2/3 Liszt's ambitious but untuneful..Symphony.
Derivatives
unˈtunefully adv.
ΘΚΠ
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
1884 Manch. Examiner 19 Feb. 5/2 A cold which causes a man to sing untunefully.
unˈtunefulness 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
1881 Athenæum 25 June 840/2 So does he demonstrate Byron's innate untunefulness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1709