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Definition of off-key in English: off-keyadjective & adverb 1(of music) not having the correct pitch; out of tune. Example sentencesExamples - Once every candle burned brightly, an off-key chorus began to sing ‘Happy Birthday.’
- It is like hearing lovely melodies sung off-key.
- A few stand watching a brave soul with a karaoke machine belt out an off-key tune.
- But we sang along anyway, and there were no off-key notes or minor chords, not even from Mama, who quite simply could not carry a tune.
- Why are the gospel tunes in the soundtrack so annoyingly off-key and out of synch?
- They know what mood I am in from the music that I play on the radio and the off-key, wrong lyrics that I belt out.
- Then suddenly, in a slightly hoarse and off-key voice, he sang the lullaby that Mom used to sing to me.
- It was kind of neat to see four women all lined up singing, but the off-key harmonizing didn't grab me.
- He multi-tracks the vocals on this song and the off-key harmonics of his offbeat voice work brilliantly.
- He wouldn't go to sleep and I'd just go from one song to the next in this flat, off-key voice.
- If the background music was distinctly off-key, so too were far too many aspects of the meal.
- The brass band plays off-key.
- He had on his headset and sang along in his off-key fashion.
- She bade me goodnight and walked away, swaying only slightly, and humming an off-key tune under her breath.
- With that he turned up the radio to an old eighties rock song, and we started our off-key duet in very loud voices.
- Add off-key electronic music, and you begin to have some idea of how annoying this is.
- We don't see that playing out of tune or singing off-key is revolutionary.
- A chorus of giggles promptly followed the off-key ditty.
- The off-key singing of the congregations at Church and the reels and jigs of the Connecticut fiddle players enchanted him.
- Does he see how I look down my nose at the enthusiastic choir member who sings off-key?
Synonyms out of tune, flat, tuneless, unmusical, unmelodic, discordant, dissonant, unharmonious - 1.1 Not in accordance with what is appropriate or correct in the circumstances.
as adjective some of the cinematic effects are distractingly off-key Example sentencesExamples - This bill is off-key, out of tune, and even if the Labour Government flatly denies it, its shrill crescendos of fortissimo make no difference to the fact that it is prescribing State control.
- She croaks, squeaks, howls, and whines her way through the role, nearly always off-key and most horrid.
- The actor's performance is horridly off-key - his screaming antics would be more appropriate for a cartoon villain.
Synonyms incongruous, inappropriate, unsuitable, discordant, out of place, out of keeping, jarring, dissonant, inharmonious
Definition of off-key in US English: off-keyadverb & adjectiveˈɔf ˈˌki 1(of music or singing) not having the correct tone or pitch; out of tune. Example sentencesExamples - With that he turned up the radio to an old eighties rock song, and we started our off-key duet in very loud voices.
- He multi-tracks the vocals on this song and the off-key harmonics of his offbeat voice work brilliantly.
- Does he see how I look down my nose at the enthusiastic choir member who sings off-key?
- Then suddenly, in a slightly hoarse and off-key voice, he sang the lullaby that Mom used to sing to me.
- Add off-key electronic music, and you begin to have some idea of how annoying this is.
- He had on his headset and sang along in his off-key fashion.
- The off-key singing of the congregations at Church and the reels and jigs of the Connecticut fiddle players enchanted him.
- If the background music was distinctly off-key, so too were far too many aspects of the meal.
- They know what mood I am in from the music that I play on the radio and the off-key, wrong lyrics that I belt out.
- A chorus of giggles promptly followed the off-key ditty.
- The brass band plays off-key.
- Why are the gospel tunes in the soundtrack so annoyingly off-key and out of synch?
- We don't see that playing out of tune or singing off-key is revolutionary.
- He wouldn't go to sleep and I'd just go from one song to the next in this flat, off-key voice.
- It is like hearing lovely melodies sung off-key.
- Once every candle burned brightly, an off-key chorus began to sing ‘Happy Birthday.’
- A few stand watching a brave soul with a karaoke machine belt out an off-key tune.
- She bade me goodnight and walked away, swaying only slightly, and humming an off-key tune under her breath.
- But we sang along anyway, and there were no off-key notes or minor chords, not even from Mama, who quite simply could not carry a tune.
- It was kind of neat to see four women all lined up singing, but the off-key harmonizing didn't grab me.
Synonyms out of tune, flat, tuneless, unmusical, unmelodic, discordant, dissonant, unharmonious - 1.1 Not in accordance with what is appropriate or correct in the circumstances.
as adjective some of the cinematic effects are distractingly off-key Example sentencesExamples - The actor's performance is horridly off-key - his screaming antics would be more appropriate for a cartoon villain.
- This bill is off-key, out of tune, and even if the Labour Government flatly denies it, its shrill crescendos of fortissimo make no difference to the fact that it is prescribing State control.
- She croaks, squeaks, howls, and whines her way through the role, nearly always off-key and most horrid.
Synonyms incongruous, inappropriate, unsuitable, discordant, out of place, out of keeping, jarring, dissonant, inharmonious
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