Definition of cacophony Cacophony
/kækɑˈfʌni/ - [kakafunee] - ca•coph•o•ny
We found 9 definitions of cacophony from 6 different sources.
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What does cacophony mean?
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NounPlural: cacophonies |
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| cacophony - loud confusing disagreeable sounds | ||
| dissonance disagreeable sounds | ||
| cacophony - a loud harsh or strident noise | ||
| blare, blaring, clamor, din | ||
| noise incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cacophony (Noun)
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cacophony (n.)
An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. - cacophony (n.)
A combination of discordant sounds. - cacophony (n.)
An unhealthy state of the voice.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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cacophony
A mix of discordant sounds.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cacophony
ka-kof′ō-ni, n. a disagreeable sound: discord of sounds.—adjs. Cacoph′onous, Cacophon′ic, -al, Cacophō′nious, harsh-sounding. [Gr. kakos, bad, phōnē, sound.]
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🔤- cacophony, noun, singular of cacophonies.
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