| ADJECTIVE | all | cacophonic, cacophonous | having an unpleasant sound |
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| Meaning | Having an unpleasant sound. | |
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| Synonym | cacophonous | |
| Narrower | cackly, squawky | like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg |
| croaky, guttural | like the sounds of frogs and crows | |
| grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | |
| gruff, hoarse, husky | Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting / shouting or illness or emotion | |
| jangling, jangly | like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together | |
| jarring | making or causing a harsh and irritating sound | |
| raucous, strident | unpleasantly loud and harsh | |
| rending, ripping, splitting | resembling a sound of violent tearing / tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree | |
| See also | noisy | Full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds |
| Opposite | euphonious, euphonous | Having a pleasant sound |
| Spanish | cacofónico | |
| Catalan | cacofònic | |
| Nouns | cacophony | loud confusing / confusing disagreeable sounds |
| cacophony | a loud harsh or strident noise | |
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