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单词 cacophony
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cacophony

[ kuh-kof-uh-nee ]
/ kəˈkɒf ə ni /
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noun, plural ca·coph·o·nies.

harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.

Origin of cacophony

1650–60; <New Latin cacophonia<Greek kakophōnía.See caco-, -phony

OTHER WORDS FROM cacophony

cac·o·phon·ic [kak-uh-fon-ik], /ˌkæk əˈfɒn ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby cacophony

cacology, cacomelia, cacomistle, caconym, cacophonous, cacophony, cacosmia, cacqueteuse, cactaceous, cactoblastis, cactus
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British Dictionary definitions for cacophony

cacophony
/ (kəˈkɒfənɪ) /

noun plural -nies

harsh discordant sound; dissonance
the use of unharmonious or dissonant speech sounds in language
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