The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RASPY , but the solution may also be GRATING which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Harsh-sounding crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RASPY | 50 % | 5 |
| STRIDENT | 25 % | 8 |
| GRATING | 13 % | 7 |
| TINPAN | 13 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Harsh-sounding
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- grating
- raspy
- scratchy
- rough
- gravelly
- cracked
- doping
- husky
- hoarsely
- gruff
- rasping
- torturing
Crossword Answer definitions
RASPY adjective- (of sound) Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.
- Irritable.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result RASPY
- Grating
- Like Popeye's voice
- Not mellifluous
- Like a cat's tongue
- Kittenish, as tongues go
- Gravelly
- Laryngitic
- Resembling a hoarse whisperer?
- Sounding vocally fatigued
- Like Carol Channing's voice
More clues leading to the result STRIDENT
- Shrill
- Raucous
- Unpleasantly loud
- Offensively loud
- Grating
- Far from soothing
- Harsh
- Harsh-sounding
- Rasping.
- Raucous.
More clues leading to the result GRATING
- Discordant
- Annoying
- Unpleasant, as a voice
- Old pawnshop feature
- Grille.
- Type of latticework.
- Portcullis.
- Strident
- Danger for wearers of high-heel shoes
- Harsh