Definition of cacophonic Cacophonic

cac•o•phon•ic

We found 4 definitions of cacophonic from 3 different sources.

What does cacophonic mean?

Adjective
cacophonic - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten
		cacophonous
		euphonous, euphonious having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter"
		noisy attracting attention by showiness or bright colors; "a noisy sweater"
		cackly, squawky like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg
		croaky, guttural like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs"
		grating, rasping, raspy, gravelly, scratchy, rough unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
		hoarse, gruff, husky deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
		jangling, jangly like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs"
		jarring making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk"
		raucous, strident unpleasantly loud and harsh