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单词 cacophonous
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Definition of cacophonous in English:

cacophonous

adjective kəˈkɒf(ə)nəskəˈkɑfənəs
  • Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

    the cacophonous sound of slot machines
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our past has become the cacophonous cathedral of the American conversation, while our once-ranging future has shrunk into a snug and warm place, as cozy and shag carpeted as a suburban den.
    • He twists and turns in his efforts to get away from the cacophonous dissonance, and then untwists himself to get out of his sheets.
    • Energy, however, unless properly channeled, formally controlled and orchestrated, can end up as pandemonium - a lot of senseless rushing around and a merciless, cacophonous din.
    • But the distortion is kept to a minimum as they reach for different tools to hit dizzying new heights, creating cacophonous peaks only to expertly let the moments implode into stark, hypnotic introspection.
    • Together, her many voices create for the reader a symphony, discordant thought not cacophonous, of her being.
    Synonyms
    loud, noisy, ear-splitting, blaring, booming, thunderous, deafening
    raucous, discordant, dissonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical, tuneless, harsh, strident, screeching, screechy, grating, jarring, jangling
    rare horrisonant, absonant

Rhymes

homophonous
 
 

Definition of cacophonous in US English:

cacophonous

adjectivekəˈkäfənəskəˈkɑfənəs
  • Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

    the cacophonous sound of slot machines
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Together, her many voices create for the reader a symphony, discordant thought not cacophonous, of her being.
    • Our past has become the cacophonous cathedral of the American conversation, while our once-ranging future has shrunk into a snug and warm place, as cozy and shag carpeted as a suburban den.
    • He twists and turns in his efforts to get away from the cacophonous dissonance, and then untwists himself to get out of his sheets.
    • But the distortion is kept to a minimum as they reach for different tools to hit dizzying new heights, creating cacophonous peaks only to expertly let the moments implode into stark, hypnotic introspection.
    • Energy, however, unless properly channeled, formally controlled and orchestrated, can end up as pandemonium - a lot of senseless rushing around and a merciless, cacophonous din.
    Synonyms
    loud, noisy, ear-splitting, blaring, booming, thunderous, deafening
 
 
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