Grating synonyms and antonyms

grā'tĭng

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grid
(Slang) Having to do with football
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ear-splitting
Alternative spelling of earsplitting.
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scratching
To dig or excavate with the claws.
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collimate (related)
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offensive
Of, relating to, or designed for attack:
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shrill (related)
High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound:
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discordant
Disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant.
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rasp
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
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stridulation
A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.
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soothing (antonym)
Freeing from fear or anxiety.
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dry
Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced:
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raucous
Hoarse; rough-sounding
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nerve-jangling
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harsh
Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:
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jarring
That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.
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raspy
Raspy is defined as something rough or irritated.
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strident
Characterized by harsh, irritating insistence
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stridulous
(Pathology) That which is relating to stridor.
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stridor
(Medicine) A high-pitched sound heard on inspiration resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway usually indicative of serious airway obstruction.
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screechy
Describing a sound as resembling a screech, or given to screeching.
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squeaky
Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak.
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twittery
That twitters
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pleasing (antonym)
Giving pleasure; pleasant; agreeable; gratifying
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hoarse
Harsh and grating in sound; sounding rough and husky
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rough
Characterized by violent motion; turbulent:
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scratchy
Making a harsh scratching noise:
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squawky
Making squawking sounds.
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sounds (related)
Disagreeable to the sense of hearing
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gravelly
Of, full of, or covered with rock fragments or pebbles:
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diffraction grating
A polished surface, often of glass or metal, having many fine parallel stripes or slits through which radiation such as light is passed and projected onto a screen or other detection device. The interference patterns cast by the diffraction grating on the screen or detector can be analyzed to determine the frequency of the radiation.
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nerve-shaking
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nerve-trying
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scrapy
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fretting
To ornament with a fret
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rankling
To rankle is to cause someone to have long-lasting annoyance, anger or irritation.
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grinding
To shape, sharpen, or refine with friction:
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scraping
To manage to get by; survive
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shredding
To cut or tear into shreds.
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abrading
To wear down, rub away, or scrape by friction:
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rubbing (related)
To apply to a surface firmly and with friction:
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waveguide (related)
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slit (related)
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beam (related)
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monochromator (related)
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collimator (related)
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resonator (related)
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wavelength (related)
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polariser (related)
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aperture (related)
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diffuser (related)
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piercing
Keenly perceptive or intelligent:
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Grating Sentence Examples

  • The heavy door opened with a grating sound.

  • The grating iron door made him jump.

  • He has also shown how to rule a plane surface with lines so disposed that the grating shall of itself give well-focused spectra.

  • This is the ordinary formula for a reflecting plane grating, and it shows that the spectra are formed in the usual directions.

  • There is also some uncertainty as to the actual temperature of the grating when in use.

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