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cacophony
CEFRC2
/kəˈkɒfəni/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A mixture of loud, unpleasant sounds.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
Examples
A cacophony is a mix of loud sounds.
The cacophony of car horns was deafening.
At a glance
Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
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- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningA mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
More examples
In contextThe orchestra's warm-up created a cacophony of sounds.
1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator, Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and...
1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator, Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.
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Origin
noun
From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), equivalent to caco- + -phony.