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Meaning of "cacophonious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CACOPHONIOUS

ˌkækəˈfəʊnɪəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CACOPHONIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cacophonious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CACOPHONIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phonaesthetics

Phonaesthetics is the study of the inherent pleasantness or unpleasantness of the sound of certain words, phrases, and sentences. The closely related but different concept of phonaesthesia should be distinguished from this meaning. Phonaesthesia does not refer directly to aesthetic attributes of sound, but to phonetic elements that are inherently associated with a semantic meaning.

Definition of cacophonious in the English dictionary

The definition of cacophonious in the dictionary is cacophonous.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CACOPHONIOUS

acrimonious · Antonius · Ausonius · ceremonious · disharmonious · erroneous · euphonious · euphonius · felonious · harmonious · inharmonious · parsimonious · peroneus · Petronius · querimonious · sanctimonious · Suetonius · symphonious · ultroneous · unceremonious

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CACOPHONIOUS

cacographical · cacography · cacolet · cacology · cacomistle · cacomixl · cacomixle · caconym · caconymy · cacoon · cacophonic · cacophonical · cacophonically · cacophonies · cacophonous · cacophonously · cacophony · cacotopia · cacotopian · cacotrophy

WORDS THAT END LIKE CACOPHONIOUS

antimonious · arsenious · calumnious · curious · delicious · ignominious · impecunious · ingenious · insomnious · overingenious · pecunious · postliminious · previous · religious · ruthenious · sanious · selenious · serious · simonious · various

Synonyms and antonyms of cacophonious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cacophonious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CACOPHONIOUS

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cacophonious
1,325 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
570 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
510 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
380 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
280 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
278 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
270 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
260 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
220 millions of speakers
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Cacophonious
190 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
180 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
130 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
85 millions of speakers
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Cacophonious
85 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
80 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
75 millions of speakers
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अतिउत्साही
75 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
70 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
65 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
50 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
40 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
30 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
15 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
14 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
10 millions of speakers
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cacophonious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cacophonious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CACOPHONIOUS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cacophonious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CACOPHONIOUS»

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Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Why did they accept a charter-name which was in bad taste and so cacophonious ? The reason has been already explained. They did not dare to ask for that which they now desire, knowing that it would not be granted. Yet that, at the moment ...
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1859
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Eulogy on Thomas Dowse
Why did they accept a charter-name which was in bad taste and so cacophonious ? The reason has been already explained. They did not dare to ask for that which they now desire, knowing that it would not be granted. Yet that, at the moment ...
E. Everett, 1859
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English Surnames. Essays on Family Nomenclature (etc.)- ...
... and who—as no traces of his unnatural parents could be found—received the very appropriate, though somewhat cacophonious name of NAPKIN BRQOKER! 169 A CHAPTER OF REBUSES. “ This for Rebus may 168 rnsronrcan sumumns.
Mark Antony Lower, 1842
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Littell's Living Age
Wilson's ear would have been torn by such a cacophonious collocation as ' individually indistinguishable ;' but Montgomery, however desirous of writing a ' round poem,' writes prose which forms a very irregular solid. Be it so, however, that ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1855
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The Monthly journal of medical science
The employment, for example, of such cacophonious jargon as the flzppocampus major, or the lllassa carnea Jacobi Sylvii, is not likely to be of much service to a jury in conducting them through the perplexities of an intricate case, ...
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Fraser's Magazine
Had you time for a trip into the interior, you might regale your eye with a sight of the cacophonious ruins of Girnigo Castle or t 1e verdant plantations of Stirkoke. But the Fates and Captain Snowie forbid, and northward away! is the word. The vo ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1846
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English Surnames. Essays on family nomenclature, historical, ...
... no traces of his unnatural parents could be found—received the very appropriate, though somewhat cacophonious name of NAPKIN BROOKER! 216 A CHAPTER OF REBUSES. “This for Rebus may sullioe, HISTORICAL SURNAMES. 215.
Mark Antony LOWER, 1843
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An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... Cacophonous, ca-coff'-o-nys, Cacophonious, ca-coff'-o-ni-ys, Cacophonie, ca- coff-on'-ic, Cacophonical, ca-coff-on'-i-cal, drygseiniol, dryglafarol, drygpslefol Cacophony, ca-coff'-ffo-ni, s. drygsain, dryglais ; annghord, drygoslef Cacotechnic, ...
Thomas Edwards, 1864
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English Surnames: Essays on Family Nomenclature, Historical, ...
... tied up in a napkin and laid on the margin of a brook; and who—as no traces of his unnatural parents could be found—received the very appropriate, though somewhat cacophonious name of NAPKIN Baoomm! A CHAPTER OF REBUSES .
Mark Antony Lower, 1842
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
for animable and minerable are alone fit compeers for the cacophonious vegetable." Craw-fish, (p. 204.) — Though this fish be called, as here, craw-fish, yet that can only be regarded as a vulgar corruption. Formerly, its name in this country ...
Reuben Percy, John Timbs, 1835

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CACOPHONIOUS»

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Why I never remember Father's Day
Simba now joined him in high-pitched happy barks to create a cacophonious duet. A split second later, a choir of neighbourhood cats had ... «The Standard Digital News, Jun 13»
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