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Synonyms for cacophony

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-kof-uh-nee
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈkɒf ə ni

Définition of cacophony

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Greek kakophonia, from kakophonos "harsh sounding," from kakos "bad, evil" (see caco-) + phone "voice" (see fame (n.)). Related: Cacophonous.
  • noun dissonance
Example sentences :
  • The "cacophony" complained of is not, unfortunately, in nubibus.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, November 9th, 1895 » by Various
  • Then it was cacophony, a thousand different shouting voices.
  • Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
  • A cacophony of loud shouts from behind him told of the arrival of reinforcements.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Tharn » by Howard Carleton Browne
  • The silence was as startling—and nearly as unbearable—as the cacophony had been.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
  • The dissociation of conventional keys was rigorously practised, and at times we were in the profoundest gulfs of cacophony.
  • Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
  • Men to me were a sort of musical instrument from which I could evoke any harmony or cacophony I chose.
  • Extract from : « Black Oxen » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
  • He slid the broad warehouse door closed behind him with a cacophony of dry screeches and padlocked it.
  • Extract from : « Brown John's Body » by Winston Marks
  • Cacophony—harsh, discordant, unpleasant, especially incorrect combinations of tones.
  • Extract from : « Music Notation and Terminology » by Karl W. Gehrkens
  • Euphony—agreeable tone combinations; the opposite of cacophony.
  • Extract from : « Music Notation and Terminology » by Karl W. Gehrkens
  • Consequently they have sacrificed their Italian birthright of melody for all kinds of cacophony.
  • Extract from : « Great Singers on the Art of Singing » by James Francis Cooke

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