Synonyms of unmusical

unmusical

adjective

ˌən-ˈmyü-zi-kəl 

as in shrill

marked by or producing a harsh combination of sounds

a very unmusical chorus of squawks from the angry ravens

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shrill
• noisy
• dissonant
• unpleasant
• metallic
• inharmonious
• cacophonous
• unmelodious
• discordant
• unpleasing
• harsh
• strident
• unvocal
• atonal
• tuneless
• raucous
• squeaky
• disagreeable
• raspy
• scratching
• jarring
• grating
• clangorous
• clashing
• sonorous
• blaring
• screeching
• off-key
• clattering
• clanging
• jangling
• jangly
• uproarious
• clamorous
• dinning
• resounding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• musical
• melodious
• melodic
• tuneful
• harmonious
• sweet
• resonant
• sonorous
• mellifluous
• euphonious
• dulcet
• mellow
• harmonizing
• pleasant
• rhythmic
• agreeable
• harmonic
• appealing
• lyrical
• orchestral
• lyric
• tonal
• symphonic
• mellifluent
• polyphonic
• lilting
• warbling
• silent
• trilling
• homophonic
• chordal
• calm
• quavering
• quiet
• hushed
• noiseless
• still
• soundless
• cadenced
• symphonious

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unmusical

Those songs remind Omara of real people and real events, political interludes whose senselessness and brutality have left unmusical lacunae in her life. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023

His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success. — The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019

Paradoxically, then, the man most involved in the development of the electric guitar was the unmusical Leo Fender. — David Kirby, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2019

The controversy of Schoenberg’s serialist works—the overwhelming reaction to them as ugly, nightmarish, simply unmusical—shows how firmly tonality had come to condition habits of listening. — Paul Grimstad, The New Republic, 21 June 2018