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cacophony
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cacophony
[kəkof′ənē] pl. cacophonies
Etymology: Gk, kakos + phone, voice
a harsh or discordant sound or a mixture of confused, different sounds. cacophonic, cacophonous, adj.


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Alas, some of the choruses tip over into the cacophonous - albeit a pleasant cacophony - because of the terrible acoustics in the court room; acoustics which also claim victims within the soloists' ranks too.
But when it comes to take-no-prisoner assaults, they are still the Brit band to beat with Fast Fuse proving a cacophonous workout, the aural equivalent of going the distance with a boxing kangaroo.
the pathetic strangled cries of conspiracy' from the apoplectic Press to Chelsea's defeat by but the cacophonous of Div- ier Drogba's chickens all home to roost.
 
 
 
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