Off-key
Off-key adjective - Inaccurate in pitch.
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Synonyms for Off-key
Screeching and off-key are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Screeching" instead an adjective phrase "Off-key".
Screeching
Screeching adjective - Having a high musical pitch or range.
Off-key and screeching are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Off-key" instead an adjective "Screeching".
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- On the one occasion during this time that Claire sang in her own right, she turned in a screeching, off-key campfire song, going sharply against Sweetie's previous beautiful vocals.
Source: Irony as She Is Cast - Gnesa's "Wilder" suffers from terrible, off-key singing; downright ear-screeching instrumentals; and horrible visuals.
Source: Horrible / Music - Lovett's first Dark Reprise of "Not While I'm Around" actually comes right in the middle of Toby's version, complete with an off-key violin screeching under her vocals to set it apart from the rest.
Source: Dark Reprise
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