cacophonicadj.
/kakəʊˈfɒnɪk/ Ill-sounding.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > [adjective]
foula1398
uglyc1400
unsweet1579
absonant1600
teeth-edging1603
horrisonous1631
horrisonant1656
ungrateful1659
common sounding1676
lacerant1785
cacophonous1797
uncadencedc1838
cacophonic1847
unlistenable1872
uneuphonious1880
ineuphonious1887
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
1862 Temple Bar 4 187 Who rejoiced in the vulgarly cacophonic name of ‘Hyrum’.
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adj.1847