cacophonous

Adjective
Synonyms: cacophonic

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Adjective (1)

  1. having an unpleasant sound“as cacophonous as a henyard — John McCarten”Synonyms: cacophonicSimilar gruff, rending, raucous, grating, jangling, cackly, jarring, croakySee also noisy

Related words cacophony noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cac′o·phon′ic, Cac′o·phon′ic·al, Ca·coph′o·nous, Cac′o·pho′ni·ous adjective

Harsh-sounding.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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