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cacophonous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (kakós, bad) + ???? (ph?n?, voice).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /k??k?f?n?s/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /k??k?f?n?s/

Adjective

cacophonous (comparative more cacophonous, superlative most cacophonous)

  1. Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
    • 2006, Everett True, Nirvana: The Biography, Da Capo Press (2007), ?ISBN, page 58:
      The first time I saw the NYC quartet [Sonic Youth] was in 1983 for their Confusion Is Sex album, when they filled The Venue in Victoria, London with a cacophonous maelstrom of mangled sounds that still reverberates, more than two decades on.
    • 2011, Fern Michaels, To Taste the Wine, Kensington Books (2011), ?ISBN, page 153:
      [] and the cacophonous clatter of pots and pans accompanied the vociferous complaints of the ship's cook.
    • 2012, Michael D. Breed & Janice Moore, Animal Behavior, Academic Press (2012), ?ISBN, page 199 (image caption):
      A colony of pelicans can be cacophonous.

Synonyms

  • inharmonious, unmusical, unmelodic

Antonyms

  • harmonious, musical, euphonious

Related terms

  • cacophony
  • cacophonic
  • cacophonously

Translations

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horrisonous

English

Etymology

From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (to be horrible) + sonus (a sound).

Adjective

horrisonous (comparative more horrisonous, superlative most horrisonous)

  1. (obsolete) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bailey to this entry?)

Synonyms

  • cacophonous
  • horrisonant

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