This document provides descriptive words to help characterize sounds, separating them into scary/unpleasing sounds and pleasing good sounds. For scary/unpleasing sounds, it lists words like discordant, jarring, grating, shrill, screeching, and cacophonous. It also notes related words for high-pitched sounds such as acute, piercing, and strident. Pleasing good sounds are also mentioned but no example words are given.

1. Words to Describe Sound
You will need to learn a variety of
descriptive words to help you with
your coursework and the exam.

2. Scary/unpleasing sound words
• Discordant -
synonyms:
inharmonious, unharmonious, unmelodic,
unmusical, tuneless, off-key, dissonant, harsh,
jarring, grating, jangling, jangly, strident, shrill,
screeching, screechy, cacophonous; More sharp,
flat;
Rare absonant, horrisonant
"discordant sounds"
2.
(of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of
harmony.
"the singers continued their discordant chanting"

3. • More words related to high-pitched
• high
• adj. shrill, strong (on the senses)
• acute
• high-pitched
• loud
• malodorous
• penetrating
• piercing
• piping
• sharp
• strident
• treble

4. Pleasing good sounds