Need another word that means the same as “grating”? Find 29 synonyms and 30 related words for “grating” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Grating” are: gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy, grinding, creaking, jarring, abrasive, harsh, raucous, strident, piercing, shrill, screeching, squawky, squeaky, sharp, irritating, annoying, infuriating, vexatious, irksome, galling, exasperating, maddening, displeasing, diffraction grating, grate
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “grating” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| diffraction grating | Optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum. |
| grate | A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “grating” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| abrasive | Sharply disagreeable; rigorous. Don t use abrasive kitchen cleaners. |
| annoying | Causing irritation or annoyance. Unsolicited calls are annoying. |
| creaking | Showing weakness or frailty under strain. He boards a creaking wooden boat. |
| displeasing | Causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities. Displeasing news. |
| exasperating | Making worse. His cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating. |
| galling | Causing annoyance or resentment; annoying. It would be galling to lose your job because of a dispute with a customer. |
| gravelly | (of a voice) deep and rough-sounding. A gravelly voice. |
| grinding | (of a sound or movement) harsh and grating. Grinding poverty. |
| harsh | Unpleasantly stern. The harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes. |
| infuriating | Extremely annoying or displeasing. Her infuriating indifference. |
| irksome | Irritating; annoying. Petty regulations were becoming very irksome. |
| irritating | Causing irritation to a body part. An irritating delay. |
| jarring | Causing a physical shock, jolt, or vibration. The van came to a jarring halt. |
| maddening | Extremely annoying. The ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening. |
| piercing | (of a sound) extremely high or loud. I recall one moment of piercing sadness. |
| rasping | Harsh-sounding and unpleasant; grating. His cracked rasping voice narrates the story. |
| raspy | Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. His voice was raspy from days of non stop campaigning. |
| raucous | Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise. Raucous youths. |
| rough | Difficult and unpleasant or unfair. She was a diamond in the rough. |
| scratchy | (of writing or a drawing) done with quick and jagged strokes. Loudspeakers blaring a scratchy record. |
| screeching | Making a loud, harsh, piercing sound. The truck came to a screeching halt. |
| sharp | Of a key having a sharp or sharps in the signature. His old mind was not so sharp as it once was. |
| shrill | Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones. A shrill whistle. |
| squawky | Like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg. Their voices are high and birdlike and squawky. |
| squeaky | Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge. A high squeaky voice. |
| strident | Presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way. His voice had become increasingly strident. |
| vexatious | Causing irritation or annoyance. A vexatious child. |
| cacophonous | Having an unpleasant sound. As cacophonous as a henyard. |
| clamorous | Making a loud and confused noise. The clamorous radical wing of the party. |
| coarse | Relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish. Under the microscope they are seen to contain coarse grains. |
| cracked | (of a person’s voice) having an unusual harshness or pitch, especially through strain. The old pipes were cracked and leaking. |
| crude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. The measure was condemned by economists as crude and ill conceived. |
| din | A loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise. The fans made an awful din. |
| disorderly | Undisciplined and unruly. A disorderly pile of books. |
| dissonant | Lacking harmony. Jackson employs both harmonious and dissonant colour choices. |
| drawl | A slow, lazy way of speaking or an accent with prolonged vowel sounds. Suits me fine he drawled. |
| gravelly | Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. A gravelly voice. |
| gruff | Abrupt or taciturn in manner. Gruff voices. |
| hoarse | (of a person’s voice) sounding rough and harsh, typically as the result of a sore throat or of shouting. A hoarse whisper. |
| husky | (of a person) big and strong. Paddy looked a husky strong guy. |
| inharmonious | Lacking in harmony of parts. An inharmonious or incongruous mixture of architectural styles. |
| iron | A meteorite containing a high proportion of iron. Her father had a will of iron. |
| jarring | Incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing. The telephone struck a jarring note in those Renaissance surroundings. |
| noisy | Attracting attention by showiness or bright colors. A small noisy dog. |
| racket | Hit a ball with a racket. A squash racket. |
| rambunctious | Uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous. A rambunctious tyke. |
| raspy | Hoarse or harsh-sounding. His voice was raspy from days of non stop campaigning. |
| raucous | Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough. A raucous party. |
| rough | With rough motion as over a rough surface. It ll cost about 50 at a rough guess. |
| rowdy | A noisy and disorderly person. It was a rowdy but good natured crowd. |
| sound | The distinctive quality of the music of a particular composer or performer or of the sound produced by a particular instrument. He has a sound understanding of the law. |
| splitting | Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree. I woke up with a splitting headache. |
| stony | (of a meteorite) consisting mostly of rock, as opposed to metal. The government maintained a stony silence about the affair. |
| strident | Presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way. Strident demands. |
| tool | A small stamp or roller used to make a tooled design. They were tooling up for production. |
| tough | Physically toughened. A tough character. |
| vociferous | Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. A vociferous mob. |
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