Exact Match:
Related Words:
- canaliculate,
- canaliculated,
- chamfered,
- channeled,
- corduroy,
- corduroyed,
- corrugate,
- corrugated,
- costate,
- crimped,
- cut,
- dadoed,
- engraved,
- fluted,
- furrowed,
- gashed,
- goffered,
- gouged,
- grooved,
- incised,
- pleated,
- rabbeted,
- ribbed,
- rifled,
- rutted,
- rutty,
- scored,
- scrabbled,
- scratchy,
- scrawled,
- scrawly,
- scribbled,
- scribbly,
- slit,
- striated,
- sulcate,
- sulcated,
- troughed,
- wrinkled
- ablative,
- abradant,
- abrasive,
- afflictive,
- aggravating,
- annoying,
- attritive,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- chafing,
- distasteful,
- disturbing,
- erosive,
- exasperating,
- fretting,
- gnawing,
- grating,
- grievous,
- grinding,
- harassing,
- importunate,
- importune,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irritant,
- irritating,
- irritative,
- painful,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- provoking,
- rasping,
- scratchy,
- stinging,
- teasing,
- tiresome,
- tormenting,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- unpalatable,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- worrisome,
- worrying
- jangling
collapse - like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs" related words >
- ajar,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- at cross-purposes,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- at war,
- clashing,
- conflicting,
- confused,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- cranky,
- cross,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- disharmonious,
- disproportionate,
- dissident,
- dissonant,
- divergent,
- grating,
- grinding,
- harsh,
- hostile,
- immiscible,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- inharmonious,
- jangly,
- jarring,
- jostling,
- negative,
- out of accord,
- out of whack,
- rasping,
- raspy,
- repugnant,
- scraping,
- scrapy,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- uncongenial,
- unharmonious,
- variant,
- warring
- irritating
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- causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"
- (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite; "an irritative agent" related words >
- acerbic,
- acid,
- acrid,
- aggravating,
- aggravative,
- annoying,
- asperous,
- astringent,
- biting,
- bitter,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- caustic,
- chafing,
- contentious,
- cutting,
- disturbing,
- escharotic,
- exasperating,
- exasperative,
- fretting,
- galling,
- grating,
- grinding,
- harassing,
- harsh,
- importunate,
- importune,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irritant,
- irritative,
- keen,
- mordant,
- nose-tickling,
- penetrating,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- piercing,
- piquant,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- poignant,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- pungent,
- rasping,
- rough,
- scratchy,
- severe,
- sharp,
- sour,
- stinging,
- teasing,
- tiresome,
- tormenting,
- trenchant,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- vitriolic,
- wearisome,
- worrisome,
- worrying
- raucous
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- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers" related words >
- absonant,
- atonal,
- boisterous,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- brusque,
- cacophonous,
- choked,
- coarse,
- cracked,
- croaking,
- croaky,
- diaphonic,
- disconsonant,
- discordant,
- disharmonic,
- disharmonious,
- disorderly,
- dissonant,
- dry,
- ear-splitting,
- flat,
- grating,
- gruff,
- guttural,
- harsh,
- harsh-sounding,
- hoarse,
- husky,
- immelodious,
- inharmonic,
- inharmonious,
- jarring,
- loud,
- metallic,
- musicless,
- noisy,
- nonmelodious,
- off,
- off-key,
- off-tone,
- out of pitch,
- out of tone,
- out of tune,
- piercing,
- ragged,
- rasping,
- raucid,
- rough,
- roupy,
- rowdy,
- rowdyish,
- rude,
- rumbustious,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- sharp,
- shrill,
- sour,
- squawking,
- squawky,
- stertorous,
- strangled,
- strident,
- stridulous,
- termagant,
- thick,
- throaty,
- tinny,
- tumultuous,
- tuneless,
- unharmonious,
- unmelodious,
- unmusical,
- unruly,
- untunable,
- untuned,
- untuneful
- strident
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- being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism" related words >
- absonant,
- acid,
- acidulous,
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- astringent,
- atonal,
- biting,
- bitter,
- blatant,
- boisterous,
- cacophonous,
- caustic,
- clamorous,
- cracked,
- creaking,
- croaking,
- cutting,
- diaphonic,
- disconsonant,
- discordant,
- disharmonic,
- disharmonious,
- dissonant,
- double-edged,
- edged,
- escharotic,
- fierce,
- flat,
- grating,
- gravelly,
- grinding,
- guttural,
- harsh,
- hoarse,
- husky,
- immelodious,
- incisive,
- inharmonic,
- inharmonious,
- jarring,
- keen,
- loud,
- loudmouthed,
- mordacious,
- mordant,
- multivocal,
- musicless,
- nonmelodious,
- off,
- off-key,
- off-tone,
- openmouthed,
- out of pitch,
- out of tone,
- out of tune,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- poignant,
- rasping,
- raucous,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- scathing,
- scraping,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shrill,
- sour,
- squawky,
- stabbing,
- stentorian,
- stertorous,
- stinging,
- strident-voiced,
- stridulant,
- stridulous,
- stringent,
- tart,
- trenchant,
- tuneless,
- unharmonious,
- unmelodious,
- unmusical,
- untunable,
- untuned,
- untuneful,
- vehement,
- violent,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- vociferant
- ablation,
- ablative,
- abradant,
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- annoying,
- antsy,
- antsy-pantsy,
- anxiety,
- anxious,
- attrition,
- attritive,
- bothersome,
- breathless,
- breathless impatience,
- buffing,
- burnishing,
- chafe,
- chafing,
- detrition,
- disquieting,
- disquietude,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- dressing,
- eager,
- eagerness,
- edgy,
- erasure,
- erosion,
- erosive,
- excited,
- excitement,
- filing,
- fretful,
- fretfulness,
- galling,
- gnawing,
- grating,
- grazing,
- grinding,
- harassing,
- harassment,
- haste,
- hasty,
- hopped-up,
- impatience,
- impatient,
- impatientness,
- impetuous,
- impetuousness,
- in a lather,
- in a stew,
- in a sweat,
- irritant,
- irritating,
- irritative,
- lather,
- limation,
- on edge,
- plaguing,
- polishing,
- rasping,
- restive,
- restiveness,
- restless,
- restlessness,
- rubbing away,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- scouring,
- scrape,
- scraping,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scuff,
- shining,
- smoothing,
- squirming,
- squirmy,
- stew,
- stinging,
- sweat,
- tense readiness,
- torment,
- tormenting,
- troublesome,
- uneasiness,
- uneasy,
- unpatient,
- unpatientness,
- unquiet,
- unquietness,
- upsetting,
- wear,
- wearing away,
- worriedness,
- worries and cares,
- worriment,
- worrisome,
- worry,
- worrying
- acanaceous,
- acerb,
- acerbate,
- acerbic,
- acid,
- acidic,
- acidulent,
- acidulous,
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- aculeolate,
- acute,
- afflictive,
- agonizing,
- asperous,
- astringent,
- atrocious,
- biting,
- bitter,
- brambly,
- briery,
- brisk,
- bristly,
- burn,
- burning,
- burning pain,
- buzz,
- caustic,
- chafing,
- corroding,
- corrosive,
- cramping,
- cruel,
- cutting,
- distressing,
- double-edged,
- edged,
- escharotic,
- excruciating,
- fierce,
- fire,
- fretting,
- galling,
- gnawing,
- grating,
- grave,
- grinding,
- griping,
- hard,
- harrowing,
- harsh,
- hurtful,
- hurting,
- incisive,
- irritant,
- irritating,
- irritative,
- keen,
- mordacious,
- mordant,
- muricate,
- nose-tickling,
- painful,
- paresthesia,
- paroxysmal,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- pins and needles,
- piquant,
- poignant,
- pricking,
- prickle,
- prickles,
- prickling,
- prickly,
- pricky,
- pungent,
- racking,
- rasping,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- scathing,
- scorching,
- scratchy,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shooting,
- smart,
- smarting,
- sour,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- stabbing,
- sting,
- strident,
- stringent,
- tart,
- thistly,
- thorny,
- thrill,
- tingle,
- tingling,
- tormenting,
- torturous,
- trenchant,
- urtication,
- vehement,
- violent,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- withering
- ablation,
- ablative,
- abradant,
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- air pollution,
- attrition,
- attritive,
- attritus,
- bones,
- bran,
- buffing,
- burnishing,
- chafe,
- chaff,
- chafing,
- cosmic dust,
- crumb,
- crumble,
- culm,
- deadwood,
- detrition,
- dishwater,
- draff,
- dregs,
- dressing,
- dry,
- dust,
- dust ball,
- efflorescence,
- erasure,
- erosion,
- erosive,
- fallout,
- farina,
- filing,
- filings,
- flour,
- fretting,
- galling,
- garbage,
- gash,
- gnawing,
- grating,
- grazing,
- grinding,
- grits,
- groats,
- hoarse,
- hogwash,
- husks,
- irritant,
- irritating,
- irritative,
- jangling,
- jangly,
- jarring,
- kittens,
- leavings,
- lees,
- limation,
- lint,
- meal,
- offal,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- parings,
- polishing,
- potsherds,
- powder,
- pussies,
- rags,
- raspings,
- raspy,
- raucous,
- refuse,
- rough,
- rubbing away,
- rugged,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- sawdust,
- scouring,
- scourings,
- scrap iron,
- scrape,
- scraping,
- scraps,
- scrapy,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scuff,
- scum,
- shards,
- shavings,
- shining,
- slack,
- slag,
- slop,
- slops,
- smoothing,
- smut,
- soot,
- stinging,
- stridulous,
- stubble,
- sweepings,
- swill,
- tares,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste matter,
- wastepaper,
- wear,
- wearing away,
- weeds
- jarring
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- making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk" related words >
- agitating,
- ajar,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- astonishing,
- at cross-purposes,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- at war,
- bouncy,
- breathtaking,
- bumpy,
- charged,
- choppy,
- clashing,
- cliff-hanging,
- conflicting,
- confused,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- cranky,
- cross,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- disharmonious,
- disproportionate,
- disquieting,
- dissident,
- dissonant,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- divergent,
- dry,
- electric,
- electrifying,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- galvanic,
- grating,
- grinding,
- harsh,
- heady,
- heart-expanding,
- heart-stirring,
- heart-swelling,
- heart-thrilling,
- hoarse,
- hostile,
- immiscible,
- impressive,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- inflammatory,
- inharmonious,
- intoxicating,
- jangling,
- jangly,
- jogglety,
- joggling,
- joggly,
- jolting,
- jolty,
- jostling,
- maddening,
- mind-blowing,
- moving,
- negative,
- nerve-jangling,
- nerve-racking,
- nerve-rending,
- nerve-shaking,
- nerve-trying,
- out of accord,
- out of whack,
- overcoming,
- overmastering,
- overpowering,
- overwhelming,
- perturbing,
- piquant,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- rasping,
- raspy,
- raucous,
- ravishing,
- repugnant,
- rough,
- scraping,
- scrapy,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- shocking,
- soul-stirring,
- spirit-stirring,
- staggering,
- startling,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stirring,
- strident,
- stridulous,
- striking,
- stunning,
- surprising,
- suspenseful,
- suspensive,
- tantalizing,
- telling,
- thrilling,
- thrilly,
- troubling,
- uncongenial,
- unharmonious,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- variant,
- warring
- grinding
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- a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
- matter resulting from the process of grinding; "vegetable grindings clogged the drain"
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice related words >
- ablation,
- ablative,
- abradant,
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- application,
- arbitrary,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- atomization,
- attrition,
- attritive,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic,
- beating,
- boning,
- bossy,
- brainwork,
- brecciation,
- buffing,
- burdensome,
- burnishing,
- chafe,
- chafing,
- comminution,
- conning,
- contemplation,
- cram,
- cramming,
- crumbling,
- crushing,
- despotic,
- detrition,
- dictatorial,
- disintegration,
- domineering,
- dressing,
- drill,
- drudging,
- engrossment,
- erasure,
- erosion,
- erosive,
- exercise,
- exhausting,
- extensive study,
- feudal,
- filing,
- fragmentation,
- fretting,
- galling,
- gnawing,
- granulation,
- granulization,
- grating,
- grazing,
- grind,
- grubbing,
- hardworking,
- harsh,
- headwork,
- heavy,
- high-handed,
- imperative,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- inspection,
- irritant,
- irritating,
- irritative,
- jangling,
- jangly,
- jarring,
- laboring,
- levigation,
- limation,
- lordly,
- lucubration,
- magisterial,
- magistral,
- mashing,
- masterful,
- mental labor,
- monocratic,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- overbearing,
- overburdensome,
- overruling,
- pegging,
- peremptory,
- perusal,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- polishing,
- pounding,
- powdering,
- practice,
- rasping,
- raspy,
- reading,
- repressive,
- restudy,
- restudying,
- review,
- rubbing away,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- scouring,
- scrape,
- scraping,
- scrapy,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scuff,
- severe,
- shining,
- shredding,
- slaving,
- slogging,
- smashing,
- smoothing,
- stinging,
- straining,
- strict,
- striving,
- struggling,
- study,
- studying,
- subject,
- suppressive,
- sweating,
- swotting,
- toiling,
- trituration,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannous,
- wear,
- wearing,
- wearing away,
- wearying,
- weighty,
- wide reading,
- working
- grating
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- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" related words >
- abrasion,
- absonant,
- ajar,
- andiron,
- annoying,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- arabesque,
- at cross-purposes,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- at war,
- atomization,
- atonal,
- attrition,
- basketry,
- basketwork,
- beating,
- bolter,
- brecciation,
- cacophonous,
- cancellation,
- chafing,
- chain,
- clashing,
- coal tongs,
- colander,
- comminution,
- conflicting,
- confused,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- cracked,
- crane,
- cranky,
- creaking,
- croaking,
- crook,
- cross,
- cross-hatching,
- crossing-out,
- crumbling,
- crushing,
- damper,
- detrition,
- diaphonic,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- disconsonant,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- disharmonic,
- disharmonious,
- disintegration,
- disproportionate,
- dissident,
- dissonant,
- divergent,
- dry,
- filigree,
- fire hook,
- fire tongs,
- firedog,
- flat,
- fragmentation,
- fret,
- fretting,
- fretwork,
- galling,
- granulation,
- granulization,
- grate,
- grid,
- griddle,
- gridiron,
- grill,
- grille,
- griller,
- grillwork,
- grinding,
- gritty,
- hachure,
- harsh,
- hatching,
- hoarse,
- hostile,
- immelodious,
- immiscible,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- inharmonic,
- inharmonious,
- interlacement,
- intertexture,
- intertwinement,
- irksome,
- irritant,
- irritating,
- irritative,
- jangling,
- jangly,
- jarring,
- jostling,
- lace,
- lacery,
- lacework,
- lacing,
- lattice,
- latticework,
- levigation,
- lifter,
- mashing,
- mesh,
- meshes,
- meshwork,
- musicless,
- negative,
- nerve-jangling,
- nerve-racking,
- nerve-rending,
- nerve-shaking,
- nerve-trying,
- net,
- netting,
- network,
- nonmelodious,
- off,
- off-key,
- off-tone,
- offensive,
- out of accord,
- out of pitch,
- out of tone,
- out of tune,
- out of whack,
- piercing,
- plexure,
- plexus,
- poker,
- pothook,
- pounding,
- powdering,
- raddle,
- rasping,
- raspy,
- raucous,
- repugnant,
- reticle,
- reticulation,
- reticule,
- reticulum,
- riddle,
- rough,
- salamander,
- scraping,
- scrapy,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- screeching,
- screen,
- screening,
- sharp,
- shredding,
- shrill,
- sieve,
- sifter,
- smashing,
- sorter,
- sour,
- spit,
- squawking,
- squeaky,
- stinging,
- strident,
- stridulous,
- texture,
- tissue,
- tongs,
- tracery,
- trellis,
- trelliswork,
- tripod,
- trituration,
- trivet,
- tuneless,
- turnspit,
- uncongenial,
- unharmonious,
- unmelodious,
- unmusical,
- untunable,
- untuned,
- untuneful,
- variant,
- vexatious,
- warring,
- wattle,
- weave,
- weaving,
- web,
- webbing,
- webwork,
- weft,
- wicker,
- wickerwork
- ragged
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- having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"
- worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged"
- being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp" related words >
- all in,
- bad,
- badgered,
- baited,
- battered,
- beat-up,
- bedeviled,
- bedraggled,
- beset,
- blowzy,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- broken-down,
- bugged,
- bullyragged,
- capricious,
- careless,
- changeable,
- changing,
- chintzy,
- chivied,
- choked,
- choppy,
- cleft,
- cloven,
- coarse,
- corrugated,
- cracked,
- cragged,
- craggy,
- crinkled,
- croaking,
- croaky,
- crumpled,
- cut,
- deteriorated,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- deviled,
- different,
- dilapidated,
- discordant,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- divaricate,
- divergent,
- diversified,
- diversiform,
- dog-tired,
- dogged,
- dowdy,
- down-at-heel,
- down-at-the-heels,
- drabbletailed,
- draggled,
- draggletailed,
- dry,
- erose,
- erratic,
- exhausted,
- fagged out,
- fatigued,
- frayed,
- frazzled,
- frowzy,
- frumpish,
- frumpy,
- full of holes,
- grating,
- gravelly,
- grubby,
- gruff,
- guttural,
- harassed,
- harried,
- harsh,
- harsh-sounding,
- heckled,
- hectored,
- hoarse,
- holey,
- hounded,
- husky,
- imperfect,
- impulsive,
- in pieces,
- in rags,
- in shreds,
- in tatters,
- inconsistent,
- inconstant,
- informal,
- ironbound,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jaggy,
- jerky,
- lacerate,
- lacerated,
- loose,
- lumpen,
- mangled,
- mercurial,
- messy,
- metallic,
- motley,
- mussy,
- mutable,
- mutilated,
- needled,
- neglected,
- negligent,
- nicked,
- nipped at,
- nonconformist,
- nonstandard,
- nonuniform,
- notched,
- patchy,
- persecuted,
- pestered,
- picked on,
- plagued,
- pluralistic,
- poky,
- pooped out,
- poor,
- quartered,
- raggedy,
- rasping,
- ratty,
- raucid,
- raucous,
- rent,
- ridged,
- ripped,
- riven,
- rockbound,
- rocky,
- rough,
- roupy,
- rude,
- rugged,
- rugose,
- rugous,
- ruinous,
- run-down,
- saw-toothed,
- sawtooth,
- scragged,
- scraggly,
- scraggy,
- scratchy,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- serrate,
- serrated,
- severed,
- shabby,
- shaggy,
- shoddy,
- shredded,
- slack,
- slatternly,
- slipshod,
- slit,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- sluttish,
- snagged,
- snaggled,
- snaggy,
- sordid,
- spasmodic,
- spent,
- splintered,
- split,
- sporadic,
- squalid,
- squawking,
- squawky,
- stertorous,
- stony,
- strangled,
- tacky,
- tattered,
- tatty,
- teased,
- thick,
- threadbare,
- throaty,
- tinny,
- tired,
- toothed,
- tormented,
- torn,
- unequable,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unkempt,
- unneat,
- unorthodox,
- unsightly,
- unstable,
- unsteady,
- unsystematic,
- untidy,
- ununiform,
- variable,
- variegated,
- variform,
- various,
- varying,
- wavering,
- weary,
- worn out,
- worried,
- wrinkled,
- zigzag
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