A cacophony is a mix of loud sounds.
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Cacophony
//kəˈkɑfəni//
Synonyms for "cacophony" (169 found)
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41 translations across 34 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kakofoni noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Bulgarian
2 entries- какофония noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
- неблагозвучие noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Catalan
1 entries- cacofonia noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不協和音 /不协和音 noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
- 雜音 /杂音 noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Czech
1 entries- kakofonie noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Danish
1 entries- kakofoni noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Dutch
1 entries- kakofonie noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Esperanto
2 entries- malbelsoneco noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
- malbonsoneco noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Finnish
1 entries- kakofonia noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
French
1 entries- cacophonie noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Galician
1 entries- cacofonía noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Georgian
1 entries- კაკაფონია noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
German
3 entries- Kakofonie noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
- Kakophonie noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
- Katzenmusik noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Greek
1 entries- κακοφωνία noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Gujarati
1 entries- કર્કશોચ્ચાર noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Hebrew
1 entries- קקופוניה noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Italian
1 entries- cacofonia noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Japanese
1 entries- 不協和音 noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Macedonian
1 entries- какофо́нија noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Māori
3 entries- matioke noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
- pararētanga noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
- tātākī noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kakofoni noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kakofoni noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Persian
1 entries- صدای گوشخراش noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Polish
1 entries- kakofonia noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Portuguese
1 entries- cacofonia noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Romanian
1 entries- cacofonie noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Russian
1 entries- какофо́ния noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Slovak
1 entries- kakofónia noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Spanish
1 entries- cacofonía noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Swedish
1 entries- kakofoni noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Tagalog
1 entries- dihunig noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Ukrainian
1 entries- какофонія noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Volapük
1 entries- mimusig noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Welsh
1 entries- amherseinedd noun (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)
Sample sentences
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A cacophony is a mixture of grating noises.
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What is this cacophony?
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I'm a cacophony of everything I've experienced.
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