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
- 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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