2007-02-23 16:33:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
1.harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2.a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
3.Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.
1. a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare]
2. loud confusing disagreeable sounds
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2007-02-23 16:38:41 · answer #1 · answered by S B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means a lot of noisy sounds all at once and usually very loud. The sound of a band tuning up before playing could be described as a cacophony of sound.
2007-02-23 16:35:51 · answer #2 · answered by hermione_speaks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cacophony is a group of sounds that is very loud and can not be made out into seperate sounds.
This website is very indepth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacophony
2007-02-23 16:37:42 · answer #3 · answered by khg831@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine being at the zoo...When we entered the monkey/parrot section, the cacophony was so deafening that our ears rang for half an hour afterwards.
2007-02-23 19:03:51 · answer #4 · answered by Just Me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good cacophonic example: Jay Leno's Tonight Show Band [--er group!]
2007-02-23 17:59:04 · answer #5 · answered by ipygmalion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is harsh, discordant sound, dissonance or the use of unharmonious or dissonant speech sounds in language
2007-02-23 23:30:33 · answer #6 · answered by montepicayo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Din or noise.
2007-02-23 18:14:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋