cacophonous definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten [syn: cacophonous, cacophonic] [ant: euphonious, euphonous] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Greek ... Cac`o*phon"ic, Cacophonical Cac`o*phon"ic*al, Cacophonous Ca*coph"o*nous, Cacophonious Cac`o*pho"ni*ous ... Cobuild Dictionary If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant. ...the cacophonous beat of pop music. ? harmonious ADJ: usu ADJ n ...
... at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, atonal, cacophonic, cacophonous, cat-and-dog, clashing, colliding, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, contrasting ...