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Noun
/kəˈkäfənē/,
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cacophonies, plural;
  1. A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
    • - a cacophony of deafening alarm bells
    • - a cacophony of architectural styles
    • - songs of unrelieved cacophony
  1. blare: a loud harsh or strident noise
  2. loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  3. (cacophonic) cacophonous: having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten
  4. Phonaesthetics (from the φωνή, phōnē, "voice-sound"; and αἰσθητική, aisthētikē, "aesthetics") is the claim or study of inherent pleasantness or beauty (euphony) or unpleasantness (cacophony) of the sound of certain words and sentences. ...
  5. Cacophony was an American heavy metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker. Cacophony is often recognized for its technically challenging, neo-classical metal and speed metal elements, as well as featuring two shred guitarists. ...
  6. A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance
  7. (cacophonic) discordant; unmusical
  8. A harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds.
  9. harsh joining of sounds.
  10. (n.) tremendous noise, disharmonious sound (The elementary school orchestra created a cacophony at the recital.)
  11. (Greek, "bad sound"): The term in poetry refers to the use of words that combine sharp, harsh, hissing, or unmelodious sounds. It is the opposite of euphony.
  12. Writing designed to be very harsh and unpleasant. It is designed to heighten the effect of unpleasant emotions in a passage. Contrast euphony.
  13. mix of loud noises unpleasant to the ear
  14. Greek: kakÛs, bad; phöné, sound, voice or dissonance. Originally, used only in the field of music. Today, also used to describe dissonance in speech. Cacophony is the opposite of euphony.
  15. "The opposite of euphony; a harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds.  Though most specifically a term used in the criticism of poetry, the word is also employed to indicate any disagreeable sound effect in other forms of writing. ...
  16. Language that is discordant and difficult to pronounce, such as this line from John Updike's "Player Piano": "never my numb plunker fumbles." Cacophony ("bad sound") may be unintentional in the writer's sense of music, or it may be used consciously for deliberate dramatic effect. See also Euphony.
  17. Lewis Carroll makes use of cacophony in ‘Jabberwocky’ by using an unpleasant spoken sound created by clashing consonants.
  18. the arrangement of words by the poet to create an unpleasant effect.
  19. The opposite of euphony. Harsh sounds are sometimes used deliberately by writers, especially poets, to achieve a particular effect.
  20. juxtaposition of harsh sounds.
  21. A raucous conglomeration of sound.
  22. Grating, inharmonious sounds.
  23. a Western word that means “bad sounding”