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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)

  1. 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.

Antonyms

  • euphony
  • harmony

Derived terms

  • cacophonic
  • cacophonous
  • castrophony

Related terms

  • anthropophony
  • cacophonous
  • dissonance
  • harmony

Translations

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uproarious

English

Etymology

uproar +? -ious

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?????i?s/

Adjective

uproarious (comparative more uproarious, superlative most uproarious)

  1. Characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter.
    Synonym: uproarish

Derived terms

  • uproariously
  • uproariousness

Translations

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