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tuneless

(tjuːnləs, US tuːn-)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Tuneless music and voices do not sound pleasant.
Someone walked by, singing a tuneless song.
Synonyms: discordant, clashing, harsh, dissonant More Synonyms of tuneless
tunelessly adverb [ADVERB after verb]
My dad whistled tunelessly through his teeth.

tuneless in British English

(ˈtjuːnlɪs)
adjective
1. 
having no melody or tune
2. mainly poetic
not producing or able to produce music; silent
Derived forms
tunelessly (ˈtunelessly)
adverb
tunelessness (ˈtunelessness)
noun

tuneless in American English

(tunlɪs; tjunlɪs)
adjective
1. 
not musical or melodious
2. 
not producing music; silent
Derived forms
tunelessly (ˈtunelessly)
adverb
tunelessness (ˈtunelessness)
noun

Examples of 'tuneless' in a sentence
tuneless

Once in a while they could hear Ellel's voice raised in tuneless song from her seat by the driver.
Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS (2002)
As he went he hummed his tuneless tune and swung his stick forwards across himself, and then behind him.
Lyall, Francis A DEATH IN TIME (2002)
He began a tuneless humming that set a beat, and she gave her small hands into his.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)
(adjective) 
Definition
having no melody or tune
Someone walked by singing a tuneless song.
Synonyms
discordant
They produced a discordant sound.
clashing
harsh
He gave a loud, harsh laugh.
dissonant
Guitarists kept strumming wildly dissonant chords.
atonal
cacophonous
screaming guitars and cacophonous vocals
unmusical
unmelodious
unmelodic
Opposites
pleasing
,
musical
,
harmonious
,
symphonic
,
tuneful
,
melodious
,
sonorous

Additional synonyms

in the sense of cacophonous
screaming guitars and cacophonous vocals
Synonyms
discordant,
harsh,
jarring,
grating,
raucous,
strident,
dissonant,
inharmonious
in the sense of dissonant
Guitarists kept strumming wildly dissonant chords.
Synonyms
discordant,
harsh,
jarring,
grating,
raucous,
strident,
jangling,
out of tune,
tuneless,
cacophonous,
inharmonious,
unmelodious
in the sense of harsh
Definition
(of sounds) unpleasant and grating
He gave a loud, harsh laugh.
Synonyms
raucous,
rough,
jarring,
grating,
strident,
rasping,
discordant,
croaking,
guttural,
dissonant,
unmelodious

Nearby words of
tuneless

  • tumultuous
  • tune
  • tuneful
  • tuneless
  • tunnel
  • turbid
  • turbulence

Synonyms of 'tuneless'

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