cacophony
ca·coph·o·ny [ ka-ˈkä-fə-nē]
[ka-ˈkä-fə-nē]
plural cacophonies
2 : an incongruous or chaotic mixture : a striking combination
//a cacophony of color a cacophony of smells
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
Synonyms: Synonyms
- babel,
- blare,
- bluster,
- bowwow,
- brawl,
- bruit
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[archaic],
- chatter,
- clamor,
- clangor,
- decibel(s),
- din,
- discordance,
- katzenjammer,
- noise,
- racket,
- rattle,
- roar
Synonyms: Antonyms
Recent Examples on the Web
//Their presnap operations have all but tuned out the cacophony inside Arrowhead Stadium and Heinz Field.
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Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, "From his breakfast to his film study, rising Ravens center Matt Skura is team’s Mr. Consistent," 11 Oct. 2019
//For Rueter, who was in town from Durham, North Carolina, a tour of New York’s cacophony seemed to have the exotic thrill of going on safari.
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Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, "Why Everything Is Getting Louder," 8 Oct. 2019
//Amid the cacophony, Kraft heard the Apollo program’s most capable astronaut, Gus Grissom, exclaim a single word.
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "The Greatest Leap, part 1: How the Apollo fire propelled NASA to the Moon," 16 July 2019
//The cacophony of the city had died down and the insurance building next to the memorial had gone dark.
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Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times, "She fled North Korea for a better life. How her lonely, impoverished death became political," 9 Sep. 2019
//The Mariners' ears surely are ringing from the cacophony that engulfed them on the field Friday night.
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Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, "Astros hammer Mariners with homer barrage," 3 Aug. 2019
//But when goalkeeper Adam Griwis dove to make his second penalty save of the night, the response from the Wall was an instant cacophony.
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Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, "Orlando City fans show commitment with rumble around concourse during Open Cup win," 12 July 2019
//Many of the updates focused on health, including Noise app, which will monitor, well, noise surrounding the device and alert its user when a cacophony reaches potentially harmful levels.
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, "Apple's 'Noise' App Is Designed to Save You From Yourself," 9 June 2019
//That cacophony was no match, however, for the quiet, but decidedly more impactful moment that followed once the awards ceremony commenced, when Indya Moore picked up her award for Cover of the Year, for her appearance on Elle’s June 2019 issue.
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Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, "Indya Moore Honors Transgender Gun Violence Victims at Fashion Media Awards," 6 Sep. 2019
First Known Use of cacophony
circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology for cacophony
Dictionary Entries near cacophony
More Synonyms and Antonyms ofcacophony
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
- the cacophony of a pet store full of animals
- babel,
- blare,
- bluster,
- bowwow,
- brawl,
- bruit
-
[archaic],
- chatter,
- clamor,
- clangor,
- decibel(s),
- din,
- discordance,
- katzenjammer,
- noise,
- racket,
- rattle,
- roar
More Definitions forcacophony