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cacophony (noun)

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  • 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

  • cacophony — noun /kəˈkɒfəni/ A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance. Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the… …   Wiktionary

  • cacophony — noun (singular) a loud unpleasant mixture of sounds: a cacophony of car horns and shouting cacophonous adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • cacophony — noun despite the cacophony, Rita slept on Syn: din, racket, noise, clamor, discord, dissonance, discordance, uproar …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • cacophony — noun (plural nies) Date: circa 1656 harsh or discordant sound ; dissonance 2; specifically harshness in the sound of words or phrases …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cacophony — ca|coph|o|ny [ kə kafəni ] noun singular an unpleasant mixture of loud sounds ╾ ca|coph|o|nous adjective …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • cacophony — [kə kɒf(ə)ni] noun (plural cacophonies) a harsh discordant mixture of sounds. Derivatives cacophonous adjective Origin C17: from Fr. cacophonie, from Gk kakophōnia, from kakophōnos ill sounding …   English new terms dictionary

  • cacophony — UK [kəˈkɒfənɪ] / US [kəˈkɑfənɪ] noun [singular] an unpleasant mixture of loud sounds Derived word: cacophonous adjective …   English dictionary

  • cacophony — [kəˈkɒfəni] noun [singular] an unpleasant mixture of loud sounds …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • cacophony — /kəˈkɒfəni / (say kuh kofuhnee) noun (plural cacophonies) 1. a harsh sound; dissonance. 2. Music frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand. {New Latin cacophonia, from Greek kakophōnia} …  

  • 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

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