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cacophony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | dissonance |
| Derivation | cacophonic, cacophonous |
Examples of cacophony
cacophony
The resulting cacophony of horns, day and night, drew a backlash from residents.
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The first is the earsplitting cacophony of conversation, cars, clamor and chaos.
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Wall Street slid amid a cacophony of worries about the effects of rising prices.
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Everyday and everywhere, a cacophony of sounds compete for children's attention.
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A cacophony of construction booms and car horns is a permanent fixture of life.
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A cacophony of children splash, squelch and squeal as they frolic in the water.
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Sitting in his air-conditioned showroom, James Ezeifeoma laughs at the cacophony.
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The loud cacophony produced by this new quartet was fractured mosaic to his ears.
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The cacophony that rose to a crescendo as he entered slowly, very slowly subsides.
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- Blare: a loud harsh or strident noise
- Loud confusing disagreeable sounds
- (cacophonic) cacophonous: having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten
- Phonaesthetics (from the Greek: u03C6u03C9u03BDu03AE phu014Dnu0113, "voice-sound"; and u03B1u1F30u03C3u03B8u03B7u03C4u03B9u03BAu03AE aisthu0113tiku0113, "aesthetics") is the study of the inherent pleasantness (euphony) or unpleasantness (cacophony) of the sound of certain words, phrases, and sentences.
- Cacophony was an American heavy metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker. Cacophony is often recognized for its technically challenging, neo-classical metal and speed metal elements, as well as featuring two shred guitarists. ...
- A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance
- (cacophonic) discordant; unmusical
- A harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds.
- Harsh joining of sounds.
