- cacophonous
- adjective Etymology: Greek kakophōnos, from kak- + phōnē voice, sound — more at ban Date: 1797 marked by cacophony ; harsh-sounding • cacophonously adverb
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cacophonous — index discordant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cacophonous — [adj] harsh sounding clinking, discordant, disharmonic, dissonant, grating, ill sounding, immusical, inharmonious, jangly, jarring, noisy, raucous, sour, strident, unmusical; concepts 592,594 Ant. quiet … New thesaurus
cacophonous — [[t]kəkɒ̱fənəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant. ... 60s sounding guitars and cacophonous vocals. Ant: harmonious … English dictionary
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cacophonous — cacophony ► NOUN (pl. cacophonies) ▪ a harsh discordant mixture of sounds. DERIVATIVES cacophonous adjective. ORIGIN Greek kakoph nia, from kakoph nos ill sounding … English terms dictionary
cacophonous — adjective having an unpleasant sound as cacophonous as a henyard John McCarten • Syn: ↑cacophonic • Ant: ↑euphonious • Similar to: ↑cackly, ↑squawky, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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