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Definition of harsh-sounding in English: harsh-soundingadjective Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the ear. a harsh-sounding collection of metal and hip-hop tracks Example sentencesExamples - The Canadians have been very friendly and their accents tend to be quite harsh sounding.
- The twentieth century had to hand a splendid up-to-date model for list poems of everything from trees and birds to "despicable things" and harsh sounding words.
- The abolition of this harsh-sounding regulation was replaced by a more 'caring' attitude.
- I exchanged the place of friend for that unmusical, harsh-sounding title of whore.
- It is a harsh-sounding but elementary fact that the government's continued handing out of compensation to the people who live near the coast and who have suffered from flooding undermines their incentives to take the proper precautions.
- It is a harsh-sounding - rather than a romantic - language.
- My Italian grandmother refused to speak English, believing the harsh-sounding words would make her Italian memories disappear.
- "Kills" is a Dutch word for stream or estuary, but the specific words "Fresh Kills" were maybe a little harsh sounding.
- We need to hear Jesus' harsh-sounding conclusion as tinged with a bit of Jesus' characteristic irony.
- The officer added another harsh-sounding comment in German and gave me a serious look.
- He suggested the word should be reclaimed purely as an insult, because it contains so many hard, harsh sounding consonants.
Synonyms throaty, husky, gruff, gravelly, growly, growling, croaky, croaking, harsh, rough, rasping, raspy, grating, jarring
Definition of harsh-sounding in US English: harsh-soundingadjective Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the ear. a harsh-sounding collection of metal and hip-hop tracks Example sentencesExamples - It is a harsh-sounding but elementary fact that the government's continued handing out of compensation to the people who live near the coast and who have suffered from flooding undermines their incentives to take the proper precautions.
- The Canadians have been very friendly and their accents tend to be quite harsh sounding.
- We need to hear Jesus' harsh-sounding conclusion as tinged with a bit of Jesus' characteristic irony.
- The officer added another harsh-sounding comment in German and gave me a serious look.
- My Italian grandmother refused to speak English, believing the harsh-sounding words would make her Italian memories disappear.
- The twentieth century had to hand a splendid up-to-date model for list poems of everything from trees and birds to "despicable things" and harsh sounding words.
- I exchanged the place of friend for that unmusical, harsh-sounding title of whore.
- He suggested the word should be reclaimed purely as an insult, because it contains so many hard, harsh sounding consonants.
- It is a harsh-sounding - rather than a romantic - language.
- "Kills" is a Dutch word for stream or estuary, but the specific words "Fresh Kills" were maybe a little harsh sounding.
- The abolition of this harsh-sounding regulation was replaced by a more 'caring' attitude.
Synonyms throaty, husky, gruff, gravelly, growly, growling, croaky, croaking, harsh, rough, rasping, raspy, grating, jarring
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