Synonyms: cacophonic, cacophonous
Definition: having an unpleasant sound
Usage: as cacophonous as a henyard- John McCarten
Similar words: cackly, squawky
Definition: like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg
Similar words: guttural, croaky
Definition: like the sounds of frogs and crows
Usage: a guttural voice; acres of guttural frogs
Similar words: grating, gravelly, rough, scratchy, rasping, raspy
Definition: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Usage: a gravelly voice
Similar words: husky, hoarse, gruff
Definition: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
Usage: gruff voices; the dog's gruff barking; hoarse cries; makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky- Virgil Thomson
Similar words: jangling, jangly
Definition: like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together
Usage: cowboys with jangling spurs
Similar words: jarring
Definition: making or causing a harsh and irritating sound
Usage: the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk
Similar words: raucous, strident
Definition: unpleasantly loud and harsh
Similar words: rending, ripping, splitting
Definition: resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
Usage: the tree split with a great ripping sound; heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward