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un-musical
adjective as in off-key
adjective as in raucous
adjective as in rough
adjective as in strident
adjective as in cacophonous
adjective as in roiled
adjective as in roily
adjective as in rough-and-tumble
Strongest matches
adjective as in scratchy
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- dissonant
- disturbing
- dry
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- rigid
- rough
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- squawky
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in squawky
adjective as in unharmonious
Weak matches
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- at odds
- cacophonous
- clashing
- contradictory
- contrarient
- contrary
- different
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discrepant
- disharmonious
- dissonant
- divergent
- grating
- harsh
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inharmonic
- jangling
- jarring
- on a sour note
- opposite
- quarreling
- rude
- strident
- unmelodious
- unmixable
- unmusical
adjective as in unmusical
Strong match
Weak matches
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- at odds
- cacophonous
- clashing
- contradictory
- contrarient
- contrary
- different
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discrepant
- disharmonious
- dissonant
- divergent
- grating
- harsh
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inharmonic
- jangling
- jarring
- on a sour note
- opposite
- quarreling
- rude
- strident
- uncongenial
- unharmonious
- unmixable
adjective as in dissonant
adjective as in harsh
Strong match
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- guttural
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- sour
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in off-key
adjective as in raucous
adjective as in rough
adjective as in strident
adjective as in cacophonous
adjective as in roiled
adjective as in roily
adjective as in rough-and-tumble
Strongest matches
adjective as in scratchy
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- dissonant
- disturbing
- dry
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- rigid
- rough
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- squawky
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in squawky
adjective as in unharmonious
Weak matches
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- at odds
- cacophonous
- clashing
- contradictory
- contrarient
- contrary
- different
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discrepant
- disharmonious
- dissonant
- divergent
- grating
- harsh
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inharmonic
- jangling
- jarring
- on a sour note
- opposite
- quarreling
- rude
- strident
- unmelodious
- unmixable
- unmusical
adjective as in unmusical
Strong match
Weak matches
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- at odds
- cacophonous
- clashing
- contradictory
- contrarient
- contrary
- different
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discrepant
- disharmonious
- dissonant
- divergent
- grating
- harsh
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inharmonic
- jangling
- jarring
- on a sour note
- opposite
- quarreling
- rude
- strident
- uncongenial
- unharmonious
- unmixable
adjective as in dissonant
adjective as in harsh
Strong match
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- guttural
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jangling
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- sour
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
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On this page you'll find 532 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to un-musical, such as: discordant, dissonant, abnormal, anomalous, clinker, and deviant.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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