cacophonous
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cacophonous
- /kəˈkɑfənəs/ US
- /kəˈkɒfənəs/ UK
Where it comes from
Adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) + -ous, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -φωνος (-phōnos, “sounding”). By surface analysis, caco- + -phonous.
adjective more cacophonous · most cacophonous
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Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
[…] Huple had rescued them just in time by seizing the controls back from Dobbs and leveling the ship out almost as suddenly right back in the middle of the buffeting layer of cacophonous flak from which they had escaped successfully only a moment before.
Similar: inharmonious, unmusical, unmelodic, absonant, cacophonic, cacophonical, cacophonious, cacophonous, discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, honeyed · Opposite: harmonious, musical, euphonious
Opposite: euphonious
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adjective
Opposite: euphonious
Translations
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adj containing or consisting of unpleasant sounds
| Español | cacofónico, cacófono |
|---|---|
| Português | cacofônico |
| Français | cacophonique |
| Deutsch | kakophon, kakophonisch |
| Italiano | cacofonico |
| Ελληνικά | κακόφωνος kakófonos |
| Русский | какофони́ческий kakofoníčeskij, неблагозву́чный neblagozvúčnyj, нестро́йный nestrójnyj |
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title = {cacophonous},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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