Antonyms for off-key


Grammar : Adj
Spell : awf-kee, of-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔfˈki, ˈɒf-


Definition of off-key

Origin :
  • 1920, from off (adv.) + musical sense of key (n.1). Figurative sense is from 1943.
  • adj not sounding right
Example sentences :
  • The thing in the middle now opened its mouth and made a noise that reminded Full of an off-key clarinet.
  • Extract from : « The Enormous Room » by Horace Leonard Gold
  • A woman played a wheezing organ while a man led the off-key singing.
  • Extract from : « Clue of the Silken Ladder » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • From inside came the rare sound of water splashing, mixed with a wheezing, off-key caterwauling.
  • Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
  • I knew it was just about time for some kind of an off-key noise from you, you grouchy old leftover.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • Two more flashes of electro-fire went spurting over his head and O'Toole started to sing in a loud, off-key voice.
  • Extract from : « One-Way Ticket to Nowhere » by Leroy Yerxa
  • Haberdasher did not fit in anywhere with Kitty's projects; it was off-key, a jarring note.
  • Extract from : « The Voice in the Fog » by Harold MacGrath
  • It sounded off-key because it was as off-key as a ten-yard-strip of baldfaced perjury.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • There was a rattle of drums and the blare of one or two off-key instruments from outside.
  • Extract from : « Narakan Rifles, About Face! » by Jan Smith

Synonyms for off-key

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