n. 25B6; adjective
the chair made a grating noise : SCRAPING, scratching, grinding, rasping, jarring.
a grating voice : HARSH, raucous, strident, piercing, shrill, screechy; discordant, cacophonous; hoarse, rough, gravelly.
it's written in grating language : IRRITATING, annoying, infuriating, irksome, maddening, displeasing, tiresome; jarring, discordant, inharmonious, unsuitable, inappropriate; informal aggravating.
harmonious, pleasing, appropriate.