cacophony

ca·coph·o·ny

C0010800 (kə-kŏf′ə-nē)n. pl. ca·coph·o·nies 1. Jarring, discordant sound; dissonance: heard a cacophony of horns during the traffic jam.2. The use of harsh or discordant sounds in literary composition, as for poetic effect.

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[French cacophonie, from Greek kakophōniā, from kakophōnos, cacophonous; see cacophonous.]

cacophony

(kəˈkɒfənɪ) n, pl -nies1. harsh discordant sound; dissonance2. (Phonetics & Phonology) the use of unharmonious or dissonant speech sounds in language

ca•coph•o•ny

(kəˈkɒf ə ni)

n., pl. -nies. 1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance. 2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds. [1650–60; < New Latin < Greek] cac•o•phon•ic (ˌkæk əˈfɒn ɪk) adj.

cacophony

1. a harshness of sound.
2. discordant noise. — cacophonic, cacophonous, adj.See also: Sound

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cacophony - a loud harsh or strident noise blare, blaring, clamor, dinnoise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
	2.	cacophony - loud confusing disagreeable soundsdissonance - disagreeable sounds

cacophony

noun discord, racket, din, dissonance, disharmony, stridency The whole place erupted in a cacophony of sound.

Translations

cacófatocacofoniaкакофония