VOWELLIKE Antonyms

• having an unpleasant sound

• a speech sound that is not a vowel

• a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

• involving or characterized by harmony

• in keeping

• not in agreement or harmony

• lacking in harmony

• a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

• a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

• optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• relating to or articulated in the throat

• a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

• like the sounds of frogs and crows

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds

• attracting attention by showiness or bright colors

• conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

• of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

• being sharply insistent on being heard

• unpleasantly loud and harsh

• lacking melody