cacophonous or cacophonic

cacophonous or cacophonic
(Roget's Thesaurus II) (or cacophonical) adjective Characterized by unpleasant discordance of sound: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic, inharmonious, rude, unharmonious, unmusical. See AGREE, SOUNDS.

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  • Cacophonic — Cac o*phon ic, Cacophonical Cac o*phon ic*al, Cacophonous Ca*coph o*nous, Cacophonious Cac o*pho ni*ous, a. Harsh sounding. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cacophonous — Cacophonic Cac o*phon ic, Cacophonical Cac o*phon ic*al, Cacophonous Ca*coph o*nous, Cacophonious Cac o*pho ni*ous, a. Harsh sounding. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cacophonous — adjective having an unpleasant sound as cacophonous as a henyard John McCarten • Syn: ↑cacophonic • Ant: ↑euphonious • Similar to: ↑cackly, ↑squawky, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • cacophonic — adjective having an unpleasant sound as cacophonous as a henyard John McCarten • Syn: ↑cacophonous • Ant: ↑euphonious (for: ↑cacophonous) • Similar to: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • cacophonic — adj. cacophonous, having a discordant sound, discordant, inharmonious, jarring …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cacophonous — a. Harsh, grating, discordant, cacophonic (al), cacophonious …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Cacophonical — Cacophonic Cac o*phon ic, Cacophonical Cac o*phon ic*al, Cacophonous Ca*coph o*nous, Cacophonious Cac o*pho ni*ous, a. Harsh sounding. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cacophonious — Cacophonic Cac o*phon ic, Cacophonical Cac o*phon ic*al, Cacophonous Ca*coph o*nous, Cacophonious Cac o*pho ni*ous, a. Harsh sounding. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blemished — Synonyms and related words: adulterated, bandy, bandy legged, beautiless, bloated, blotted, bowlegged, cacophonic, cacophonous, checked, cicatrized, club footed, cracked, crazed, damaged, defaced, defective, deficient, deformed, disfigured,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • discordant — Synonyms and related words: absonant, adversative, adverse, adversive, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous, assorted, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, atonal, balancing, cacophonic, cacophonous …   Moby Thesaurus

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