Definitions for CACOPHONY
kəˈkɒf ə nica·coph·o·ny

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, dinnoun

   a loud harsh or strident noise

2. cacophonynoun

   loud confusing disagreeable sounds

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. cacophonynoun

   A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cacophonynoun

   A bad sound of words.

   Etymology: ϰαϰοφωνία.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cacophony

   Phonaesthetics (also spelled phonesthetics in North America) is the study of beauty and pleasantness associated with the sounds of certain words or parts of words. The term was first used in this sense, perhaps by J. R. R. Tolkien, during the mid-20th century and derives from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) 'voice, sound', and αἰσθητική (aisthētikḗ) 'aesthetics'. Speech sounds have many aesthetic qualities, some of which are subjectively regarded as euphonious (pleasing) or cacophonous (displeasing). Phonaesthetics remains a budding and often subjective field of study, with no scientifically or otherwise formally established definition; today, it mostly exists as a marginal branch of psychology, phonetics, or poetics.More broadly, the British linguist David Crystal has regarded phonaesthetics as the study of "phonaesthesia" (i.e., sound symbolism and phonesthemes): that not just words but even certain sound combinations carry meaning. For example, he shows that English speakers tend to associate unpleasantness with the sound sl- in such words as sleazy, slime, slug, and slush, or they associate repetition lacking any particular shape with -tter in such words as chatter, glitter, flutter, and shatter.

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1. cacophony

   Cacophony refers to a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. It is often used in a literary or musical context, but can also be used to describe any unpleasant combination of noises.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cacophonynoun

   an uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables

2. Cacophonynoun

   a combination of discordant sounds

3. Cacophonynoun

   an unhealthy state of the voice

4. Etymology: [Gr. ; kako`s bad + sound: cf. F. Cacophonie.]

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1. Cacophony

   Cacophony was an American heavy metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker. They remained active until 1989, after which both guitarists would go on to forge their own solo careers and join other bands.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. Cacophony

   ka-kof′ō-ni, n. a disagreeable sound: discord of sounds.—adjs. Cacoph′onous, Cacophon′ic, -al, Cacophō′nious, harsh-sounding. [Gr. kakos, bad, phōnē, sound.]

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How to pronounce CACOPHONY?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CACOPHONY in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CACOPHONY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of CACOPHONY in a Sentence

1. Jatinder Hayre:

   When you walk into the hospital in the morning, you’re met with this cacophony of grief and dismay and dissatisfaction from patients, who are lined up in the corridor, you feel awful, but there’s nothing you can do. You’re fighting against a system that’s collapsing.

2. Janet Mills:

   All patients have the right to receive medical services free of 'the cacophony of political protests,' in the words of the United States Supreme Court, while protesters have every right to say anything they want in a public area in the vicinity of a medical facility, they are not permitted to disrupt another citizen's healthcare services.

3. Connor Boyack:

   But in today’s world, our children are increasingly exposed to a cacophony of controversy and opinion through social media, so it’s important for parents to provide a comfortable environment in which our kids can learn, discuss and develop opinions about what is going on in the world.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CACOPHONY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cacophony
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CACOPHONY
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacophony
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CACOPHONY
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=CACOPHONY
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=CACOPHONY