cacophony
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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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| —n , pl -nies | |
| 1. | harsh discordant sound; dissonance |
| 2. | the use of unharmonious or dissonant speech sounds in language |
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Example sentences
The silence that ensued was almost as deafening as the cacophony that had preceded it.
The modern presidency is a vast electronic synthesizer, capable of exhilarating musical effects or rank cacophony.
In this cacophony a millionaire could expand and relax.
The high, curving wooden ceiling created a cacophony.
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