cacophonic
ə noun, plural ca·coph·o·nies.
1.
harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2.
a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
3.
Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.
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| —adj | |
| jarring in sound; discordant; harsh | |
| cacophonic or cacophonic | |
| —adj | |
| cacophonously or cacophonic | |
| —adv | |
| cacophonically or cacophonic | |
| —adv | |
| cacophony (kəˈkɒfənɪ) | |
| —n , pl -nies | |
| 1. | harsh discordant sound; dissonance |
| 2. | the use of unharmonious or dissonant speech sounds in language |
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