Definition for Cacophonous:

• having an unpleasant sound; " as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

Synonyms for Cacophonous:

• adj.

  •conflicting (adjective)
  • clamoring,
  • colliding,
  • bickering,
  • dissenting,
  • contentious,
  • Squabbling,
  • loath,
  • antagonistic,
  • conflicting,
  • clashing,
  • warring,
  • brawling,
  • feuding,
  • antipathetic,
  • dissident,
  • differing,
  • hostile,
  • tense,
  • rowing,
  • rioting.
  •discordant (adjective)
  • quarrelsome,
  • discord,
  • on a sour note,
  • most opposite,
  • contrarient,
  • at odds,
  • Inconsonant,
  • unharmonious,
  • fricative,
  • unmixable,
  • unmelodious.
  •dissonant (adjective)
  • dis-harmonic,
  • dis-sonant,
  • most disharmonious,
  • dis harmonic,
  • more cacophonic,
  • more inharmonic,
  • most inharmonic,
  • dis harmonious,
  • dis-harmonious,
  • more disharmonious,
  • most cacophonic,
  • dis sonant,
  • more tuneless,
  • out tune,
  • in-harmonic,
  • in harmonic,
  • most tuneless,
  • more disharmonic,
  • most disharmonic.
  •harsh (adjective)
  • more out-of-key,
  • un relenting,
  • un-level,
  • more asperous,
  • un level,
  • most screeching,
  • off key,
  • most out-of-tune,
  • most out of key,
  • most stridulous,
  • most creaking,
  • out of key,
  • more out of key,
  • most unlevel,
  • most caterwauling,
  • most out-of-key,
  • offkey,
  • more screeching,
  • more out of tune,
  • more caterwauling,
  • most out of tune,
  • more stridulous,
  • more creaking,
  • un-even,
  • more out-of-tune,
  • more unlevel,
  • un even,
  • most asperous.
  •harsh sounding (adjective)
  • Immusical,
  • clinking,
  • sour.
  •raucous (adjective)
  • more atonal,
  • stertorous,
  • most stertorous,
  • more stertorous,
  • most squawking,
  • most absonant,
  • most braying,
  • more braying,
  • more absonant,
  • most atonal,
  • more squawking.
  •roaring (adjective)
  • roaring.
  •rough (adjective)
  • roiled,
  • stridulent,
  • squally,
  • roily,
  • rough-and-tumble.
  •rough-and-tumble (adjective)
  • knockabout,
  • rough and tumble.
  •shrill (adjective)
  • clanging,
  • most clanging,
  • most argute,
  • more argute,
  • more clanging.
  •unharmonious (adjective)
  • un harmonious,
  • un-harmonious.
  •unmusical (adjective)
  • un-musical,
  • un musical.

• n.

  •
  • sounds,
  • agree,
  • rude.
  •cackly (noun)
  • cackly.
  •cacophonous (noun)
  • gravelly,
  • rending,
  • hoarse,
  • guttural,
  • piercing,
  • gruff,
  • raspy,
  • jangly,
  • croaking,
  • gravel,
  • splitting,
  • husky,
  • rasping,
  • ripping,
  • croaky.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tinny.
  •
  • brittle.

Antonyms for Cacophonous:

• adj.

  • harsh sounding
    quiet.
  • Other antonyms:
    sonorous, calm, noiseless, rhythmic, orchestral, hushed, melodious, dulcet, golden, lyrical, homophonic, mellifluous, pleasant, appealing, agreeable, trilling, polyphonic, tuneful, sweet, harmonious, soundless, still, silent, lyric, lilting, cadenced, resonant, harmonic, mellow, symphonic, quavering, musical, melodic, chordal, tonal, symphonious.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    smooth.

Cacophonous Sentence Examples:

• Yet again, he talks vaguely of the intricate polyphony of a cosmic orchestra, cacophonous to our dull ears.

• We have inserted a large number of place names in this narrative, not because the names are famous or to be found in any but a very large scale map, nor because there was even anything at these places to justify their having names at all, but because each little group of cacophonous Arabic words will call up to those who were with us memories and mental pictures of incidents and scenes, otherwise forgotten.