as in shrill
marked by or producing a harsh combination of sounds
the cacophonous chaos on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
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Recent Examples of cacophonous
Fabric And Texture Color and pattern aren’t the only visual aspects that can stand between a cohesive look and one that seems like a cacophonous scene.
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Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
The space was by turns eerily quiet and wildly cacophonous.
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Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
The time has come to accept that one’s voice might be fractured, imperfect, cacophonous and a bit unhinged.
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Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Miami Music Week is at its zenith this weekend, its cacophonous diversions and decibels aimed at the spring break crowd and other ears that haven’t been around for very long, highlighted by the DJ bonfire known as Ultra Music Festival.
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Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
The space was by turns eerily quiet and wildly cacophonous.
—
Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
The time has come to accept that one’s voice might be fractured, imperfect, cacophonous and a bit unhinged.
—
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Miami Music Week is at its zenith this weekend, its cacophonous diversions and decibels aimed at the spring break crowd and other ears that haven’t been around for very long, highlighted by the DJ bonfire known as Ultra Music Festival.
—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cacophonous
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On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.
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The chaos is still an acceptable price to pay for Birney’s expertly offputting performance, a shrill mania that gets increasingly comic over time.
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At the track’s apex Korten explodes in and out of dissonant broken chords against Mark Shim’s angular saxophone lines, an unexpected development that sneaks up on you thanks to Sorey’s sticky, slowly evolving drumming.
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This is reminding me of watching Slint play a reunion show in 2014 under the I-65 highway at a festival in Louisville, and how simultaneously awesome and cognitively dissonant that experience was.
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After Tuesday night’s noisy earnings report, FedEx is down around 1% in midmorning trading, off its lows of the session.
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McGee also prioritizes authentic community on platforms like Substack over noisy social media.
Adjective
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An east wind sets up a particularly unpleasant scenario, said Abrams.
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Mineral buildup inside the ice-making system or residue in the ice bin can also contribute to unpleasant flavors, Angelesco says.
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“Cacophonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cacophonous. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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