cacophony

Cacophony – Word of the Day

Tuba Mansoor
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/kəˈkäfənē/

Meaning

  • a harsh discordant mixture of sounds.

Sample Sentences

  • A human-made cacophony is all around us, and it’s time that we minimize our own contribution to it, one decibel at a time.
  • Instead, you find your favorite objects displaced by a cacophony of contemporary works, often highly avant-garde and challenging.
  • The cacophony lasts at least three minutes and repeats over the course of the day.

Related words

din, racket, noise, discord, dissonance, discordance, caterwauling, raucousness, screeching, jarring, stridency, grating, rasping

Further Reading

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cacophony

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cacophony

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