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cacophony
[ kuh-kof-uh-nee ]
noun
- harsh or unpleasant discordance of sound; dissonance:
After living in the country, it's difficult for me to adjust to the cacophony produced by city traffic.
- a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds:
The sound effects included a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
- Music. frequent use of harsh, discordant notes or chords that seem to be patternless and without connection to each other.
cacophony
/ °ìəˈ°ìÉ’´ÚÉ™²Ôɪ /
noun
- harsh discordant sound; dissonance
- the use of unharmonious or dissonant speech sounds in language
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ³¦²¹³¦Â·´Ç·±è³ó´Ç²Ô·¾±³¦ [kak-, uh, -, fon, -ik], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cacophony1
Example Sentences
Though I’d point out the current cacophony isn’t all that unusual for a party out of power.
I acclimated to the cacophony of primal sounds.
Occasionally, Fish will be seized with adrenaline as he prepares to wrestle that demon, dangerously flailing around his apartment while Laura Karpman’s lilting score shifts into a jazz-infused cacophony of drums and horns.
Outside Los Angeles City Hall, the whir of helicopters overhead was drowned out by a cacophony of bullhorns and fiery chanting.
That storyline blurs into a messily amusing cacophony, only serving as a springboard for Petey’s redemption.
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