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Harsh-sounding.

An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. "Cacophonies of all kinds." Pope.

To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Coleridge.

The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats. Shak.

Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment.

To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries. [Obs.] All full of chirkyng was that sorry place. Cheucer.

A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol.

A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden.

Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also colchicia.

, mercuric chloride, HgCl2; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an exellent…

A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. Shak.

Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. Crabbed age and youth can not live together. Shak.

To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.

attering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise. Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. Macualay.

A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound. Start not at the creaking of the door. Longfellow.

One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper. When an author has many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature. I. Watts. You know who the critics are th…

The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.

ck, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature. I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton.

Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh. You have seen cruel proof of this man's strength. Shak.