immelodiousadj.
/ɪmɪˈləʊdɪəs/ Not melodious; unmelodious.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective]
hardOE
rudea1375
stern1390
rougha1400
discordanta1425
stoutc1440
hoarse1513
harsh1530
raughtish1567
rugged1567
dissonant1573
harshy1582
jarry1582
immelodious1601
cragged1605
raggeda1616
unmusicala1616
absonousa1620
unharmoniousa1634
inharmonical1683
unharmonic1694
inharmonious1715
craggy1774
pebbly1793
reedy1795
iron1807
dry1819
inharmonic1828
asperated1835
sawing1851
shrewd1876
coarse1879
callithumpian1886
dissonantal1946
ear-bending1946
sandpaper1953
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > inharmonious or unmelodious
discordanta1425
jarring1552
dissonant1573
tuneless1595
discordous1597
immelodious1601
discord1606
absurd1617
unharmoniousa1634
scrannel1638
unmelodious1665
disharmonious1683
disharmonical1688
unharmonic1694
dissonous1715
inharmonious1715
disconsonant1731
anti-musical1824
ear-sore1859
tin-kettley1862
cacophonous1867
unnoted1867
callithumpian1886
tinny1904
crunchy1959
1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 25 My immelodious Discord I vnfret.
?1614 W. Drummond Sonnet: My Lute be as thou was in Poems When immelodious Winds but made thee moue.
1652 J. Caryl Expos. 11th–14th Chapters Job (new ed.) xi. 3 Little birds..troublesome..with uncessant, immelodious chirpings.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 429 Immelodious Voice.
1892 Illustr. London News 15 Oct. 474/2 Master who crown'st our immelodious days With flower of perfect speech.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1601