Synonyms for "unmusical" (44 found)

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Closest matches (9)

unmelodiousabsonantatonalcacophoniccacophonouscrackeddiaphonicdisconsonantdiscordant

Strong matches (13)

disharmonicdisharmoniousdissonantflatgratingharshimmelodiousinharmonicinharmoniousmusiclessnoisynonmelodious

Adjective(1 words)

nonmusical

Related words (22)

offoff keyoff-keyoff-toneout of pitchout of toneout of tuneraucousroughsharpshrillsourstridenttunelessunharmoniousunmelodicuntunableuntuneduntuneful

Adjective(1 words)

scabrous

Adjective(2 words)

unmelodicunmelodious

Related word relations

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4 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

musical

Synonyms

3 entries

cacophonicunmelodicunmelodious

derived from

1 entries

musical

related to

2 entries

musicalunmelodic

Translations

7 translations across 7 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries

• ἄνομος adj (not musical)

Danish

1 entries

• umusikalsk adj (not musical)

Finnish

1 entries

• epämusikaalinen adj (not musical)

Greek

1 entries

• άμουσος adj (not musical)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• umusikalsk adj (not musical)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

• umusikalsk adj (not musical)

Swedish

1 entries

• omusikalisk adj (not musical)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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The harp itself was a huge gourd, and a most unmusical "shell" it proved to be.

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