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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 \Cacoph"ony\, 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.

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

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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