cacophonous
adjective
, -ˈkȯ- also -ˈka-\
Definition of cacophonous
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Synonyms & Antonyms for cacophonous
Synonyms
discordant, dissonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical, unvocal
Antonyms
harmonious, harmonizing, melodious, musical
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The novel has been rightly praised as a masterwork of realism, and the scenes are cacophonous with noises and pungent with smells. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction: Black and White, in Wind and Fog," 22 Feb. 2019 Florence in the spring is already a cacophonous babel of tourists, guides, and souvenir hawkers clogging narrow streets, crowding ancient piazzas. — Erik Maza, Town & Country, "Exclusive: Tour Florence's Rarely Seen Palazzo Spini Feroni," 27 Feb. 2019 Fast-forward another three hours and the cacophonous chorus was still going strong. — Chloe Schama, Vogue, "So You’re a Lunatic Who Is Taking Your Toddlers on a Long-Haul Flight," 26 July 2018 But with the city’s cacophonous media landscape, the external forces Mr. Carranza faces are about to get a turbo charge. — Elizabeth A. Harris And Manny Fernandez, New York Times, "For New Schools Chancellor, New York City Is a Big Leap," 18 Mar. 2018 An eschewing of any redemptive narrative, the track amplifies the cacophonous chorus of voices in Future’s head. — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, "The Cathartic Symphony of Future’s Beast Mode 2," 6 July 2018 All of this, moreover, had to be done while wet laundry flapped on drying racks next door and amid the cacophonous outbursts of the Chinese workers hanging it. — Longreads, "When the Movies Went West," 15 May 2018 But the parallel has limits; racing was more popular in the 1970s and the sports media landscape far less cacophonous. — Tim Layden, SI.com, "Justify Attempts to Earn Triple Crown at Belmont With Less Narrative, Faded Anticipation," 7 June 2018 Administration officials said Trump was surprised by the cacophonous and continuing cheers and became convinced that making players stand for the anthem -- and repeatedly railing about the issue on Twitter -- is a political winner. — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, "Trump pulls Philadelphia Eagles' White House invitation," 5 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cacophonous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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