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cacophony

[ kuh-kof-uh-nee ]

noun

plural cacophonies.
  1. 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.

  2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds:

    The sound effects included a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.

  3. 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

  1. harsh discordant sound; dissonance
  2. the use of unharmonious or dissonant speech sounds in language
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cacophony1

First recorded in 1650–60; from New Latin cacophonia, from Greek °ì²¹°ì´Ç±è³óŲÔí²¹; equivalent to caco- + -phony
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Example Sentences

Though I’d point out the current cacophony isn’t all that unusual for a party out of power.

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I acclimated to the cacophony of primal sounds.

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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.

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Outside Los Angeles City Hall, the whir of helicopters overhead was drowned out by a cacophony of bullhorns and fiery chanting.

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That storyline blurs into a messily amusing cacophony, only serving as a springboard for Petey’s redemption.

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