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
The two primary action scenes are cacophonous and unexpected, exactly how Homicide always did it.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Berger made a cacophonous, confusing mess of the anti-war classic All Quiet on the Western Front back in 2022, and mistook its profound statements about the toll of conflict as an excuse for self-conscious seriousness drenched in bloody sturm-und-drang spectacle.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Download more than a few apps and the notifications become a non-stop, cacophonous waterfall of nonsense.
—David Pierce, WIRED, 23 July 2017
The hotel sits close to Hoi An’s attractions while offering a quiet respite from the city’s lively, often cacophonous, streets.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Berger made a cacophonous, confusing mess of the anti-war classic All Quiet on the Western Front back in 2022, and mistook its profound statements about the toll of conflict as an excuse for self-conscious seriousness drenched in bloody sturm-und-drang spectacle.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Download more than a few apps and the notifications become a non-stop, cacophonous waterfall of nonsense.
—David Pierce, WIRED, 23 July 2017
The hotel sits close to Hoi An’s attractions while offering a quiet respite from the city’s lively, often cacophonous, streets.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cacophonous
Adjective
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Shakespeare’s play assumes the shrieks and shrill cries of a B-movie.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Crucially, there’s very little reason to care about how Simon and Claire will take the break-ups, when both are such unbearably shrill stereotypes.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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These dissonant elements have been in the DNA of Short n’ Sweet from the start.—
Abby Aguirre,
Vogue,
11 Feb. 2025
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The growling in the intro, the very advanced, dissonant piano parts and the crazy vocal performance ended me.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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White Noise—The womb is a noisy place, so a white-noise machine, fan, or vacuum can create a familiar, calming background sound.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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The background gets predictably noisy due to the Tiny SE’s small sensor, showing significantly more grain across flat surfaces than the Tiny 2.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These days however, an all-white or all-gray bathroom can act as an unpleasant symbol of an outdated trend, and may seem seriously lacking in pizazz.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2025
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This can be an unpleasant odor for humans to encounter, but the critters in the video seem enthusiastic about interacting with the eau de skunk.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Cacophonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cacophonous. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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