单词 | cacophonous |
释义 | cacophonous (once / 49248 pages) adj The adjective cacophonous describes loud, harsh sounds, like the cacophonous racket your brother and his band mates make while trying to learn how to play their instruments. To correctly pronounce cacophonous, accent the second syllable: "cuh-CAW-fuh-nus." It is related to the Greek words kakos, meaning "bad, evil," and phone, or "voice." You may feel like you're facing something evil if you’re bombarded by the cacophonous sounds of, say, political pundits yelling at one another, or the chaotic sounds of traffic and voices on a busy urban street. Cacophonous is the opposite of harmonious. WORD FAMILYcacophonous: cacophonously+/cacophony: cacophonic, cacophonies, cacophonous USAGE EXAMPLESGiven the sometimes cacophonous nature of cutting-edge contemporary art, the Maggiore booth may provide a respite for visitors to the fair. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) Ms. Gordon has also branched out with solo material, including a cacophonous new single titled “Murdered Out.” New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) These kids are growing up in a mass extinction, robbed of the cacophonous company of being surrounded by so many fast-disappearing life forms. The Guardian(Nov 06, 2016) adj having an unpleasant sound "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten Syn|Ant cacophonic 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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