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
Download more than a few apps and the notifications become a non-stop, cacophonous waterfall of nonsense.
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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
That chaos is calibrated for maximum audacity thanks to visual effects supervisor Dan Sturm’s prudently incorporated CGI, which doesn’t skimp on the wow factor and is further amped up by composer Cody Fry’s cacophonous, rambunctious score.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
With all the instruments beginning to swell, forming a cacophonous sound, Ross needed a way to ground it all back and bridge with a gentler and softer tone.
—Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
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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
That chaos is calibrated for maximum audacity thanks to visual effects supervisor Dan Sturm’s prudently incorporated CGI, which doesn’t skimp on the wow factor and is further amped up by composer Cody Fry’s cacophonous, rambunctious score.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
With all the instruments beginning to swell, forming a cacophonous sound, Ross needed a way to ground it all back and bridge with a gentler and softer tone.
—Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cacophonous
Adjective
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Like, watched it all the way through from the shrill opening filled with obnoxious kids to the leadenly staged slapstick climax?Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Further down the road, another piper — just playing to play — is sending his shrill notes out into the night sky.Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
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Centuries of grime has been wiped away to reveal an immaculate but aesthetically dissonant house of worship: a Gothic church that glistens.Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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Just as the concert’s success depends on most musicians playing correctly despite a few dissonant notes, a blockchain’s integrity relies on honest nodes reaching consensus even when some nodes fail or act maliciously.Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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In today’s noisy landscape, initial efforts to get a fledgling client noticed may fall short.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Positive energy Bears wide receiver DJ Moore looked around a noisy Friday afternoon locker room when asked how the team has handled the recent coaching changes.Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
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The news, predictably, was unpleasant: the Olympic roster was about to leak, and Clark wasn’t on it.Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Almost everyone is bitter, unpleasant, scheming, self-centered, manipulative or awful (or just plain crazy).Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Cacophonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cacophonous. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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