Definition of cacophonous Cacophonous
ca•coph•o•nous
We found 4 definitions of cacophonous from 4 different sources.
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What does cacophonous mean?
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| cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten | ||
| cacophonic | ||
| 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cacophonous (Adjective)
Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cacophonous (a.)
Alt. of Cacophonious
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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cacophonous
Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant sounds.
