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cacophonous

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11 lettersPronunciation /kəˈkɑfənəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acchnooopsuStarts with CEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. having an unpleasant sound

Word origin

Adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) + -ous, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -φωνος (-phōnos, “sounding”). By surface analysis, caco- + -phonous.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • […] 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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