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cacophonous

ca·coph·o·nous [ ka-ˈkä-fə-nəs]

cacophonous

adjective

Definition of cacophonous

: marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding like an old battlefield, once cacophonous with the clash of steel, the roar of cannon, the screams of wounded and dying men— Brian Moore

Other Words from cacophonous

cacophonously adverb

Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty

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Recent Examples on the Web

//His specialty: helping apartment dwellers in cacophonous Manhattan locate the often imperceptible noises percolating within their four walls that are, perhaps unknowingly, causing them emotional distress.
— Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘The Sound of Silence’ finds darkness in the aural world," 12 Sep. 2019
//INNOVATION ECONOMY Advertising in 2019 is cacophonous, annoying — and sometimes creepy.
— Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, "Is Klaviyo the next HubSpot in the tumultuos new world of advertising?," 8 Sep. 2019
//During the brief and tenuous dusk that passes for night in summer, people from around the globe jam into cacophonous nightclubs that pulsate until 5 in the morning.
— New York Times, "Iceland’s Purple Planes Are Grounded, and With Them, Its Economy," 25 Aug. 2019
//Kidman's divine performance notwithstanding, this reviewer was ready for Satine to croak by the 15-minute mark of Luhrmann's exhausting film, which throws you into a melee of cacophonous medleys and flashy quick cuts that never let up.
— Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, "Review: Lady Gaga, Adele bring Broadway's 'Moulin Rouge!' musical to soaring new heights," 10 June 2019
//Instead there’s a cacophonous din of competing ideas, as students convene in animated groups around communal tables, shouting out solutions while feverishly diagramming them on the whiteboards that panel the walls.
— Aryn Baker/mauritius, Time, "‘It’s Time Africa Had Its Own Harvard.’ Inside a University Training African Leaders to Solve African Problems," 11 June 2019
//As the boat passed a small island, an African fish eagle was seen nested near a cacophonous gathering of cormorants.
— Benedict Moran, National Geographic, "Rwanda's war nearly destroyed this park. Now it's coming back.," 7 May 2019
//Amid the cacophonous cheering at the corporate-arena National Basketball Association Finals, think a kindly thought about the Cow Palace just south of San Francisco.
— Bob Greene, WSJ, "The Cow Palace, Out to Pasture," 30 May 2019
//The novel has been rightly praised as a masterwork of realism, and the scenes are cacophonous with noises and pungent with smells.
— Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction: Black and White, in Wind and Fog," 22 Feb. 2019

First Known Use of cacophonous

1782, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for cacophonous

Greek kakophōnos, from kak- + phōnē voice, sound — more at ban entry 1

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