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CACOPHONIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an unpleasant sound
Example:
as cacophonous as a henyard
Synonyms:
cacophonic; cacophonous
Classified under:
Similar:
cackly; squawky (like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg)
croaky; guttural (like the sounds of frogs and crows)
grating; gravelly; rasping; raspy; rough; scratchy (unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound)
gruff; hoarse; husky (deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion)
jangling; jangly (like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together)
jarring (making or causing a harsh and irritating sound)
raucous; strident (unpleasantly loud and harsh)
rending; ripping; splitting (resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree)
Also:
noisy (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds)
Derivation:
cacophony (loud confusing disagreeable sounds)
cacophony (a loud harsh or strident noise)
