Synonyms for grating
ˈgreɪ tɪŋgrat·ing

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1. gratingnoun

   Synonyms:
   grill

2. gratingnoun

   (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant

   Synonyms:
   grill

3. gratingnoun

   A frame of iron bars to hold a fire

   Synonyms:
   grill

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1. grate, gratingnoun

   a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

   Synonyms:
   diffraction grating, grate

   Antonyms:
   euphonous, euphonious

2. grate, gratingnoun

   a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

   Synonyms:
   diffraction grating, grate

   Antonyms:
   euphonious, euphonous

3. diffraction grating, gratingadjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   diffraction grating, grate

   Antonyms:
   euphonious, euphonous

4. grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchyadjective

   unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

   "a gravelly voice"

   Synonyms:
   pugnacious, irritable, approximative, rough, unsmooth, cranky, boisterous, scratchy, pettish, fierce, abrasive, peevish, uncut, jumpy, rocky, uneven, harsh, shingly, gravelly, approximate, crude, jolting, spotty, jolty, petulant, rasping, bumpy, nettlesome, testy, tetchy, raspy, fractious, techy, pebbly, peckish

   Antonyms:
   euphonious, euphonous

Matched Categories

1. • Barrier
   • Framework

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1. gratingadjective

   Synonyms:
   harsh, irritating, displeasing, disagreeable, offensive

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1. gratingadjective

   Synonyms:
   harsh, jarring, rasping, discordant

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How to use grating in a sentence?

1. Alana Rudkin of Pittsburgh:

   My dad would have us hand-grating potatoes really until our fingers would bleed.