ill-sounding

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The distorting of names occurs frequently enough not as a slip of the tongue, but as an attempt to give the name an ill-sounding or debasing character.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

At Bayonne, concerning a clerical epistle in which an ill-sounding phrase occurs, "the grand-vicar who drew it up is sent to Pignerol for ten years, and I think that the bishop is exiled."

From The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Durand, John

“An ill-sounding list of names,” said Mr Tremayne quietly.

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah

I take back the ill-sounding word, with the remark, though, that cynicism seems to me a word invented by hypocrites. 

From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph

At the ill-sounding place Ourigiague, just beyond, they were royally entertained.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various