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Meaning of "cacophonous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CACOPHONOUS

cacophonous  [kəˈkɒfənəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CACOPHONOUS

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

WHAT DOES CACOPHONOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cacophonous in the English dictionary

The definition of cacophonous in the dictionary is jarring in sound; discordant; harsh.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CACOPHONOUS


aphonous
ˈæfənəs
asynchronous
æˈsɪŋkrənəs
autochthonous
ɔːˈtɒkθənəs
autophanous
ɔːˈtɒfənəs
cavernous
ˈkævənəs
cymophanous
saɪˈmɒfənəs
diaphanous
daɪˈæfənəs
epiphanous
ɪˈpɪfənəs
Eridanus
ɛˈrɪdənəs
homophonous
hɒˈmɒfənəs
hydrophanous
haɪˈdrɒfənəs
monotonous
məˈnɒtənəs
poisonous
ˈpɔɪzənəs
polyphonous
pəˈlɪfənəs
pseudomonas
sjuːˈdɒmənəs
ravenous
ˈrævənəs
synchronous
ˈsɪŋkrənəs
tetanus
ˈtɛtənəs
theophanous
θɪˈɒfənəs
treasonous
ˈtriːzənəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CACOPHONOUS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE CACOPHONOUS

acotyledonous
allochthonous
anachronous
carbonous
diachronous
dicotyledonous
epigonous
geosynchronous
gluttonous
haplostemonous
homotonous
isochronous
monocotyledonous
nonpoisonous
nonsynchronous
nous
ozonous
phlegmonous
prisonous
tautochronous
unisonous

Synonyms and antonyms of cacophonous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CACOPHONOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cacophonous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cacophonous

Translation of «cacophonous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CACOPHONOUS

Find out the translation of cacophonous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cacophonous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cacophonous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吵闹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cacofónico
570 millions of speakers

English

cacophonous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cacophonous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ناشز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

какофонический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cacophonous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেসুরো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cacophonique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cacophonous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kakophon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

耳障りな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불협화음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cacophonous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cacophonous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cacophonous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कशीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kakofonik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cacofonico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kakofoniczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

какофоніческій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cacofonic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cacophonous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cacophonous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cacophonous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cacophonous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cacophonous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CACOPHONOUS»

The term «cacophonous» is regularly used and occupies the 87.776 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CACOPHONOUS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CACOPHONOUS»

Discover the use of cacophonous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cacophonous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cacophonous voice refers to any voice that sounds jarring, discordant and harsh. The importance of considering the voice of a man or a woman before you sign a marriage contract with him or her cannot be overemphasized. Signing a ...
EVARAH ABDULKADIR, 2012
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Sounds of Poetry: Contemporary American Performance Poets
The result, if simultaneously linked to the content of the poem, cannot be overheard: lines four and five produce a cacophonous effect, which is well achieved as it is embedded in a harmonious sound-environment. The unpleasant sounds of ...
Martina Pfeiler, 2003
3
Meditations on African Literature
African Literature is not only a contested terrain, but the medium of its production and of its discussion is, to say the least, cacophonous. The situation can be likened to that in folk medicine, where the healer hired to exorcise the demons begins ...
Dubem Okafor, 2001
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Perception and Imaging: Photography--A Way of Seeing
Publish or Perish. Teach or Terminate. Garish colors can be cacophonous. sounds, when read aloud or silently, plays an important role and should do so without drawing attention to itself. Five rhetorical terms related to sound are: alliteration, ...
Richard D. Zakia, 2013
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A Visit to Hell
John O'Loughlin. euphonious sounds which your society required of composers writing in the service of the religious ideal, the worship of a good deity, have been systematically supplanted by the cacophonous sounds you now hear before ...
John O'Loughlin, 2010
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Writing in the Workplace: New Research Perspectives
If decentralizing forces prevail, they can make the team writing of a monovocal letter multivocal and even cacophonous. The interaction of genre and forces in the social context precipitated to a considerable degree the amount of conflict in ...
Rachel Spilka, 1998
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Cacophonous Geographies: The Symbolic and Material ...
My critique, from the empirical work presented in this dissertation, is that planning not only fails to fully consider these ideas, but that it obfuscates blacks' worldviews and therefore contributes to an unequal urban sphere.
Anna Livia Brand, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2012
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The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt ...
Islam. in. Egypt's. Cacophonous. Constitutional. Order. Nathan. ]. Brown. In previous writings, I explored the origin of Egypt's constitutional texts as well as the way that one important body—the Supreme Constitutional Court—has interpreted ...
Said Amir Arjomand, Nathan J. Brown, 2013
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Cycle of Doom: Selected Essays in Discourse and Society
frican Literature is not only a contested terrain, but the medium of its production and of its discussion is, to say the least, cacophonous. The situation can be likened to that in folk medicine, where the healer hired to exorcise the demons begins ...
Dubem Okafor, 2005
10
Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays
§146 In the present period of intellectual impotence which is distinguished by its veneration for every species of inferiority and describes itself most appropriately by the homemade word Jetztzeit,* as cacophonous as it is pretentious, as if its ...
Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne, 1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CACOPHONOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cacophonous is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Tangerine' gives a peek into street lives
... restaurants and seedy-looking hotels, accompanied by a cacophonous soundtrack that abruptly jumps from classical music to dubstep. «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»
2
Wimbledon 2015: Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson classic …
So it progressed until, with Anderson serving to take the set, a cacophonous swirl of support filled the arena: could a ritual dethroning be ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Benefield: Local weightlifter coming on strong
The cacophonous clatter of the weight bar and plates hitting the rubberized floor mats after Schrijver had completed her lift and dropped the bar ... «Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Jul 15»
4
Exhibit opens with a flourish at Chicago's Museum of Science and …
Designed as a series of way stations in an open room, the show is jangly, a little bit cacophonous. You can bounce from robot to robot, pressing ... «Waterbury Republican American, Jul 15»
5
Review: Wavves x Cloud Nothings Enjoy Group Therapy on 'No Life …
... Man,” explodes into gorgeous pop-punk harmonizing, with a Sonic Youth guitar breakdown or two on the way to its cacophonous finish. «SPIN, Jul 15»
6
I Want to Live In This Colorful Maze Made From Sheets of Plastic
This year's Pavilion just opened to the public as a colorful, cacophonous labyrinth-with a secret cafe at the center. When can I move in? «Gizmodo India, Jul 15»
7
For sea lions, a feast of salmon on the Columbia
In one smooth motion, he hoisted a Remington .780 Marine Magnum 12-gauge shotgun and fired a couple cacophonous rounds. Another ... «High Country News, Jul 15»
8
You Won't Believe Who's to Blame for Government Weaknesses
With that the scene was set for what is turning out to be a cacophonous debate in newspaper columns, on social media platforms, and I ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Heather Watson comes agonisingly close to huge upset against …
The cacophonous noise was one to recall the most giddying moments of the London Olympics. Heather Watson, two breaks to the good in the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
BODYTRAFFIC brings potpourri of dance to Jacob's Pillow
... backdrop while Shechter's own cacophonous score is punctuated by sharp grunts from the three men or weighted breaths from the women. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cacophonous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cacophonous>. Apr 2024 ».
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