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Word: Cacophony
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from French cacophonie, from Greek kakophōnia, from kakophōnos ‘ill-sounding’, from kakos ‘bad’ + phōnē ‘sound’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəˈkɒfəni
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a harsh discordant mixture of sounds
Short Definition:harsh discordant mixture of sounds
Examples:- a cacophony of deafening alarm bells
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