English Explanatory Dictionary

cacophonous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.

Pronunciation

/kəˈkɑfənəs/ /kəˈkɒfənəs/ En-us-cacophonous.ogg

Word forms

cacophonous more cacophonous most cacophonous

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) + -ous, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -φωνος (-phōnos, “sounding”). By surface analysis, caco- + -phonous.

Synonyms

inharmonious unmusical unmelodic absonant cacophonic cacophonical cacophonious cacophonous discordant disharmonious dissonant honeyed horrisonant horrisonous immelodious insonorous noneuphonious nonsonorous raucous rough scabrous tuneless uneuphonious unharmonious unlistenable unmellifluous unmelodious untunable unsonorous

Antonyms

euphonious harmonious musical

Related words

cacophonic cacophonously cacophony harsh jarring
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