cacophony : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cacophony	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cacophony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cacophony n a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din] loud confusing disagreeable sounds
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cacophony \Cacoph"ony\, n.; pl. {Cacophonies}. [Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]; [?][?][?][?][?] bad + [?][?][?][?] sound: cf. F. Cacophonie.] 1. (Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. [bd]Cacophonies of all kinds.[b8] --Pope. 2. (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds. 3. (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice.