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Definition of Cacophony
1. Noun. A loud harsh or strident noise.
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Blare, Cacophonic, Cacophonous, Clamorous, Din
2. Noun. Loud confusing disagreeable sounds.
Definition of Cacophony
1. n. An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.
Definition of Cacophony
1. Noun. A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cacophony
1. [n -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cacophony
Literary usage of Cacophony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Referring to water: examine, plumb, fathom. 2. See EXAMINE. sound, n. 1. noise;
spec, bang, beat, blare, blast, boom, bourdon, buzz, cacophony, chime, ..."
2. An Inquiry Into the Principles of Harmony in Language, and of the Mechanism by William Mitford (1804)
"ACCORDING to our preceding definitions Euphony and cacophony, in language, ...
if cacophony abounds, any powers of harmony it may ..."
3. Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington by Philosophical Society of Washington (1906)
"cacophony.—There is a natural aversion in most languages to the consecutive ...
Notice the artifices employed in the different languages to avoid cacophony. ..."
4. Richard Strauss, the Man and His Works by Henry Theophilus Finck (1917)
"XIX FROM DISSONANCE TO cacophony Reviewing the facts presented in the preceding
pages, we see how uninformed and unjust those are who claim that Liszt was ..."
5. Latin Prosody Made Easy by John Carey, Terentianus Maurus (1830)
"... in point of euphony on cacophony, as if it were inseparable. Wherefore, when
I say that ... cacophony ..."
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