Cacophonous
/kəˈkɑːfənəs/adjective
Making or involving a harsh and unpleasant sound.
The cacophonous sound of the city traffic was making her head throb.
Often appears as...
- cacophonous noise
- cacophonous sound
adjective
Making or involving a harsh and unpleasant sound.
The cacophonous sound of the city traffic was making her head throb.
Often appears as...
- cacophonous noise
- cacophonous sound
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Pro Tip 1/3Harsh Unpleasant
Use 'cacophonous' to describe sounds that are jarring and uncomfortable to hear.
The cacophonous alarms woke everyone abruptly.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
'Cacophonous' often implies that the sound is annoying or upsetting.
The cacophonous debate made it hard to concentrate.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
The term can be used metaphorically to describe situations that are chaotic or not harmonious.
The meeting was cacophonous, full of conflicting ideas.
Compare with
discordantdissonantgrateharshjarnoisyraucous
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The sound the universe...
to asking some of the hardest, most elusive, questions. If we run the movie of our universe backwards, we know that there was a Big Bang in our past, and we might even hear the cacophonous sound of it, but was our Big Bang the only Big Bang? I mean we have to ask, has it happened before?
Video examples
The sound the universe...
brings us that much closer to asking some of the hardest most elusive questions if we run the movie of our universe backwards we know that there was a big bang in our past and we might even hear the cacophonous sound of it but was our Big Bang the only Big Bang I
Video examples
Kenzo Digital for Nat...
various scales and it was this like cacophonous mind-bending insane experience that to me really broadened my scope of thinking in terms of you know what are the tools what aren't artists tools I got access to a computer
Video examples
The sound the universe...
to asking some of the hardest, most elusive, questions. If we run the movie of our universe backwards, we know that there was a Big Bang in our past, and we might even hear the cacophonous sound of it, but was our Big Bang the only Big Bang? I mean we have to ask, has it happened before?
Video examples
The sound the universe...
brings us that much closer to asking some of the hardest most elusive questions if we run the movie of our universe backwards we know that there was a big bang in our past and we might even hear the cacophonous sound of it but was our Big Bang the only Big Bang I
Video examples
Kenzo Digital for Nat...
various scales and it was this like cacophonous mind-bending insane experience that to me really broadened my scope of thinking in terms of you know what are the tools what aren't artists tools I got access to a computer
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