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Keywords: grating, gravelly, unpleasantly, sibilant, harsh

Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating.

Harsh, like a rasp. Peaks in the response around 6 kHz, which make vocals sound too sibilant or piercing.

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

Keywords: tannins, immature, strong, wine, red

red wine with strong, immature tannins.