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cacophonous
What does cacophonous mean?
cacophonous (adjective): containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use cacophonous in a sentence?
- As cacophonous as a henyard. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce cacophonous?
/kəˈkɑfənəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does cacophonous come from?
Adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) + -ous, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -φωνος (-phōnos, “sounding”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to cacophonous
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “cacophonous” mean?
containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds
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irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied
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without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious
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having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts
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