cacophonous
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/kəˈkɑfənəs/
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/kəˈkɑfənəs/ · /kəˈkɒfənəs/ (UK)
Definition of cacophonous
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
“[…] Huple had rescued them just in time by seizing the controls back from Dobbs and leveling the ship out almost as suddenly right back in the middle of the buffeting layer of cacophonous flak from which they had escaped successfully only a moment before.”
“The good thing about this job is that it gives me time and space to contemplate the future at my leisure, whilst the city sleeps, free from the cacophonous curiosity of the hoi polloi.”
“The first time I saw the NYC quartet [Sonic Youth] was in 1983 for their Confusion Is Sex album, when they filled The Venue in Victoria, London with a cacophonous maelstrom of mangled sounds that still reverberates, more than two decades on.”
“[…] and the cacophonous clatter of pots and pans accompanied the vociferous complaints of the ship's cook.”
“A colony of pelicans can be cacophonous.”
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Etymology
Adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) + -ous, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -φωνος (-phōnos, “sounding”). By surface analysis, caco- + -phonous.
Words you can make from cacophonous
200+ playable · top: PACHUCOS (17 pts)
Best play pachucos 17 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
12 words6-letter words
19 words5-letter words
48 words- CAPHS 12 pts
- CHAPS 12 pts
- CHOCS 12 pts
- CHOPS 12 pts
- COACH 12 pts
- CONCH 12 pts
- COOCH 12 pts
- COUCH 12 pts
- POACH 12 pts
- POOCH 12 pts
- POUCH 12 pts
- PUNCH 12 pts
- ACHOO 10 pts
- ANCHO 10 pts
- CHAOS 10 pts
- CHONS 10 pts
- COHOS 10 pts
- HOCUS 10 pts
- HOOPS 10 pts
- NACHO 10 pts
- NUCHA 10 pts
- OPAHS 10 pts
- OUPHS 10 pts
- PHONO 10 pts
- PHONS 10 pts
- POOHS 10 pts
- SAUCH 10 pts
- CAPON 9 pts
- CAPOS 9 pts
- COCAS 9 pts
- COCOA 9 pts
- COCOS 9 pts
- COOPS 9 pts
- COUPS 9 pts
- SCAUP 9 pts
- SCOOP 9 pts
- SCOPA 9 pts
- UNCAP 9 pts
- SHOON 8 pts
- ASCON 7 pts
- CANSO 7 pts
- CONUS 7 pts
- COONS 7 pts
- POONS 7 pts
- PUNAS 7 pts
- SNOOP 7 pts
- SPOON 7 pts
- UNCOS 7 pts
4-letter words
77 words- CAPH 11 pts
- CHAP 11 pts
- CHOC 11 pts
- CHOP 11 pts
- CASH 9 pts
- CHAO 9 pts
- CHON 9 pts
- COHO 9 pts
- COSH 9 pts
- HAPS 9 pts
- HASP 9 pts
- HOOP 9 pts
- HOPS 9 pts
- OPAH 9 pts
- OUCH 9 pts
- OUPH 9 pts
- PASH 9 pts
- PHON 9 pts
- PHOS 9 pts
- POOH 9 pts
- POSH 9 pts
- PUSH 9 pts
- SHOP 9 pts
- SOPH 9 pts
- SUCH 9 pts
- CAPO 8 pts
- CAPS 8 pts
- COCA 8 pts
- COCO 8 pts
- COOP 8 pts
- COPS 8 pts
- COUP 8 pts
- CUPS 8 pts
- CUSP 8 pts
- PACS 8 pts
- POCO 8 pts
- SCOP 8 pts
- SCUP 8 pts
- HAOS 7 pts
- HONS 7 pts
- HUNS 7 pts
- NOSH 7 pts
- OOHS 7 pts
- SHOO 7 pts
- SHUN 7 pts
- APOS 6 pts
- CANS 6 pts
- CONS 6 pts
- COON 6 pts
- COOS 6 pts
- NAPS 6 pts
- OCAS 6 pts
- OOPS 6 pts
- OPAS 6 pts
- OPUS 6 pts
- PANS 6 pts
- PONS 6 pts
- POON 6 pts
- POOS 6 pts
- PUNA 6 pts
- PUNS 6 pts
- SCAN 6 pts
- SNAP 6 pts
- SOAP 6 pts
- SOCA 6 pts
- SOUP 6 pts
- SPAN 6 pts
- SPUN 6 pts
- UNCO 6 pts
- UPAS 6 pts
- UPON 6 pts
- ANUS 4 pts
- NAOS 4 pts
- NOUS 4 pts
- ONOS 4 pts
- ONUS 4 pts
- SOON 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- HAP 8 pts
- HOP 8 pts
- HUP 8 pts
- OCH 8 pts
- PAH 8 pts
- PHO 8 pts
- POH 8 pts
- CAP 7 pts
- COP 7 pts
- CUP 7 pts
- PAC 7 pts
- AHS 6 pts
- ASH 6 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- HAS 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- HOO 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- HUN 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- OHO 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- OOH 6 pts
- APO 5 pts
- ASP 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CON 5 pts
- COO 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- OPA 5 pts
- OPS 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PAS 5 pts
- NOO 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- ONO 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
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