as in shrill
marked by or producing a harsh combination of sounds
the cacophonous chaos on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
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Recent Examples of cacophonous
There is a primordial quality to the woods that oscillates between cacophonous forest chatter and eerie silence in the space of a ridge or two.
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Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 2 Jan. 2025
Hundreds of revelers roar at once, thrusting homemade torches into the freezing air and banging pans together with cacophonous glee.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2024
Getty The designation recognizes areas with pristine natural soundscapes, an increasingly necessary balm in our cacophonous modern world.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
The two primary action scenes are cacophonous and unexpected, exactly how Homicide always did it.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 2 Jan. 2025
Hundreds of revelers roar at once, thrusting homemade torches into the freezing air and banging pans together with cacophonous glee.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2024
Getty The designation recognizes areas with pristine natural soundscapes, an increasingly necessary balm in our cacophonous modern world.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
The two primary action scenes are cacophonous and unexpected, exactly how Homicide always did it.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cacophonous
Adjective
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As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The shrill, metallic banging noises of a jack hammer echoed around the White House on Monday as crews started removing the large, yellow Black Lives Matter mural down the street from the president's home.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Some of those weird dissonant chords, there’s some of that in there for sure.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 2025
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Possessed by the spirit of dance, an equally urgent soundtrack surrounds her: dissonant hoover synths, gospel-house pianos, Siouxsie and the Banshees’ guitars.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Like any good house party, as many high schoolers can attest, the scene was a little chaotic, noisy and free flowing, in more ways than one.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Young planets orbit young stars, and young stars tend to be very noisy, which makes extracting the signals of their young planets all the more difficult.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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As horrible, unpleasant, miserable this work was, people had the most wonderful spirit.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Euphemisms are designed to obfuscate unpleasant truths.—
Zachariah Mampilly,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Cacophonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cacophonous. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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