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Definition of cacophonic word
- noun cacophonic Discordant. 1
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Parts of speech for Cacophonic
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cacophonic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
cacophonic usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cacophonic
adjective cacophonic
- unharmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- discordant — being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
- jarring — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.
- raucous — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- cacophonous — If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant.
Antonyms for cacophonic
adjective cacophonic
- coinciding — to occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same relative position: The centers of concentric circles coincide. Our vacations coincided this year.
- compatible — If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible, they work well together or can exist together successfully.
- complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
- concordant — being in agreement: harmonious
- consonant — A consonant is a sound such as 'p', 'f', 'n', or 't' which you pronounce by stopping the air flowing freely through your mouth. Compare vowel.
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