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cacophony
English
Etymology
From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kakoph?nía), from ????? (kakós, “bad”) + ???? (ph?n?, “sound”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??k?f?ni/
- (US) IPA(key): /k??k?f?ni/
Noun
cacophony (countable and uncountable, plural cacophonies)
- A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
- 1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator,
- Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.
- 1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator,
Antonyms
- euphony
- harmony
Derived terms
- cacophonic
- cacophonous
- castrophony
Related terms
- anthropophony
- cacophonous
- dissonance
- harmony
Translations
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brawling
English
Verb
brawling
- present participle of brawl
Noun
brawling (plural brawlings)
- An unruly fight; a brawl.
- 1711, John Strype, Life and Acts of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Suffer not Satan to endarken your consciences; let brawlings cease, and let unity be seen.
- 1711, John Strype, Life and Acts of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury
Anagrams
- warbling
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