单词 | cacophonic |
释义 | cacophonic (once / 844237 pages) adj WORD FAMILY cacophony: cacophonic, cacophonies, cacophonous+/cacophonous: cacophonously USAGE EXAMPLESIt resembles a large pipe organ and operates acoustically as an instrument, giving harmony to the cacophonic language of loss. New York Times(Sep 11, 2016) Also, Pakistan's often cacophonic TV news channels have been uncharacteristically restrained, apparently following firm official advice. BBC(Feb 29, 2016) But are the mass violence, the racial unrest, the economic inequality, the cacophonic politics all part of some sort of huge global contraction? The New Yorker(Jan 28, 2016) adj having an unpleasant sound Syn|Ant cacophonous cackly, squawky like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg croaky, gutturallike the sounds of frogs and crows grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchyunpleasantly harsh or grating in sound gruff, hoarse, huskydeep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion jangling, janglylike the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together jarringmaking or causing a harsh and irritating sound raucous, stridentunpleasantly loud and harsh rending, ripping, splittingresembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree noisyfull of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds euphonious, euphonous having a pleasant sound goldensuggestive of gold silvern, silveryresembling or reminiscent of silver |
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