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Cacophony

Cacophony Meaning & Definition
Cacophony Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cacophony?

[n] loud confusing disagreeable sounds
[n] a loud harsh or strident noise

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cacophony: blare | blaring | clamor | din

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cacophony: agitation | atonalism | atonality | Babel | bad taste | barbarism | barbarousness | bedlam | bluster | bombasticness | brawl | broil | brouhaha | cacology | chaos | clinker | clumsiness | coarseness | commotion | confusion of tongues | cracked voice | crudeness | cumbrousness | defacement | discord | discordance | discordancy | disfigurement | disharmony | dissonance | dissonancy | dissonant chord | disturbance | dryness | dysphemism | ebullition | embroilment | fanaticism | ferment | flap | flatness | fomentation | foofaraw | frenzy | fume | furor | furore | fury | fuss | Gothicism | gracelessness | grossness | gruffness | gutturalism | gutturality | gutturalness | harshness | heaviness | hell | hoarseness | homeliness | hubbub | huskiness | ill-balanced sentences | ill-favoredness | impropriety | impurity | inconcinnity | incorrectness | indecorousness | inelegance | inelegancy | infelicity | inharmoniousness | inharmony | lack of finish | lack of polish | leadenness | noise | off note | pandemonium | passion | plainness | pompousness | ponderousness | poor diction | racket | rage | raspiness | raucity | roughness | row | ruckus | rudeness | rumpus | scrapiness | scratchiness | sesquipedalianism | sesquipedality | shapelessness | sharpness | slipshod construction | sour note | sourness | static | stertorousness | stiltedness | storminess | stridor | tastelessness | tempestuousness | thickness | throatiness | tumult | tumultuousness | tunelessness | turbulence | turgidity | turmoil | uglification | uglifying | ugliness | unaestheticness | unattractiveness | unbeautifulness | uncomeliness | uncouthness | uneuphoniousness | ungainliness | ungracefulness | unhandsomeness | unharmoniousness | unloveliness | unmusicality | unpleasingness | unprettiness | unrefinement | unseemliness | unshapeliness | unsightliness | untunefulness | unwieldiness | uproar | upset | vulgarism | vulgarity | wildness | wolf | zeal | zealousness

See Also | dissonance | noise

Cacophony In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*coph"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Cacophonies}. [Gr. ?????????; ????? bad + ???? sound: cf. F. Cacophonie.] 1. (Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. ``Cacophonies of all kinds.'' --Pope. 2. (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds. 3. (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice.

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