English > cacophonic: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | Having an unpleasant sound. |
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| Synonym | cacophonous |
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| Narrower | cackly, squawky | like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg |
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| 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 |
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| Opposite | euphonious, euphonous | Having a pleasant sound |
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| Spanish | cacofónico |
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| Catalan | cacofònic |
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| Nouns | cacophony | loud confusing / confusing disagreeable sounds |
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| cacophony | a loud harsh or strident noise |