is similar to: cackly, squawky | croaky, guttural | grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy | gruff, hoarse, husky | jangling, jangly | jarring | raucous, strident | rending, ripping, splitting.

see also: noisy.

is the opposite of: euphonious, euphonous.

derivation: cacophony | blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din.