'Cacophony' definitions:
Definition of 'cacophony'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Cacophony'
From: GCIDE
- Cacophony \Ca*coph"o*ny\, n.; pl. Cacophonies. [Gr. ?????????; kako`s bad + ???? sound: cf. F. Cacophonie.]
- 1. (Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. "Cacophonies of all kinds." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cacophony'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitation,
- atonalism,
- atonality,
- Babel,
- bad taste,
- barbarism,
- barbarousness,
- bedlam,
- bluster,
- bombasticness,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- cacology,
- chaos,
- clinker,
- clumsiness,
- coarseness,
- commotion,
- confusion of tongues,
- cracked voice,
- crudeness,
- cumbrousness,
- defacement,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- disfigurement,
- disharmony,
- dissonance,
- dissonancy,
- dissonant chord,
- disturbance,
- dryness,
- dysphemism,
- ebullition,
- embroilment,
- fanaticism,
- ferment,
- flap,
- flatness,
- fomentation,
- foofaraw,
- frenzy,
- fume,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- fuss,
- Gothicism,
- gracelessness,
- grossness,
- gruffness,
- gutturalism,
- gutturality,
- gutturalness,
- harshness,
- heaviness,
- hell,
- hoarseness,
- homeliness,
- hubbub,
- huskiness,
- ill-balanced sentences,
- ill-favoredness,
- impropriety,
- impurity,
- inconcinnity,
- incorrectness,
- indecorousness,
- inelegance,
- inelegancy,
- infelicity,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- lack of finish,
- lack of polish,
- leadenness,
- noise,
- off note,
- pandemonium,
- passion,
- plainness,
- pompousness,
- ponderousness,
- poor diction,
- racket,
- rage,
- raspiness,
- raucity,
- roughness,
- row,
- ruckus,
- rudeness,
- rumpus,
- scrapiness,
- scratchiness,
- sesquipedalianism,
- sesquipedality,
- shapelessness,
- sharpness,
- slipshod construction,
- sour note,
- sourness,
- static,
- stertorousness,
- stiltedness,
- storminess,
- stridor,
- tastelessness,
- tempestuousness,
- thickness,
- throatiness,
- tumult,
- tumultuousness,
- tunelessness,
- turbulence,
- turgidity,
- turmoil,
- uglification,
- uglifying,
- ugliness,
- unaestheticness,
- unattractiveness,
- unbeautifulness,
- uncomeliness,
- uncouthness,
- uneuphoniousness,
- ungainliness,
- ungracefulness,
- unhandsomeness,
- unharmoniousness,
- unloveliness,
- unmusicality,
- unpleasingness,
- unprettiness,
- unrefinement,
- unseemliness,
- unshapeliness,
- unsightliness,
- untunefulness,
- unwieldiness,
- uproar,
- upset,
- vulgarism,
- vulgarity,
- wildness,
- wolf,
- zeal,
- zealousness