uneuphonious
- a word derived from euphonious.
Example Sentences
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"I especially began to hate their sound, which was not beating wings - how could I have ever thought it was? - but a lot of uneuphonious honks," she writes.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2012
In fact, that is how it began life in 1891, saddled with the uneuphonious name of Throop University.
From Time Magazine Archive
The entire pre-Palestrina literature of music is a conclusive testimony as to the non-poetic and even uneuphonious character of the invention.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
The only specks in my sun were, that the American islands were made more beautiful by their owners than our own; and that uneuphonious names had been given to some of these charming islets.
From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg
The cabin is a well-built two-story structure, its uneuphonious but fitting name having been given it because its outer walls are formed of bark-covered slabs.
From Our Friend John Burroughs by Barrus, Clara
