adj
cacophonous
Cacophonous (adj) means Full of harsh, unpleasant sounds that clash together.
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Full of harsh, unpleasant sounds that clash together.
"The good thing about this job is that it gives me time and space to contemplate the future at my leisure, whilst the city sleeps, free from the cacophonous curiosity of the hoi polloi."
— Mike Leigh, Naked (1993)
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Etymology
An adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) with -ous added, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) and -φωνος (-phōnos, “sounding”). Read as its surface parts, it is caco- + -phonous.
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euphonious
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What is the meaning of cacophonous?
"cacophonous" (adj) means full of harsh, unpleasant sounds that clash together.
What is another word for cacophonous?
Other words for "cacophonous" include unmusical, discordant, disharmonious, inharmonious, cacophonic, raucous.
What is the opposite of cacophonous?
The opposite of "cacophonous" is euphonious.
