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cacophonies

cacophonies is the plural of cacophony.

Meaning of cacophony

Noun

cacophony (countable and uncountable, plural cacophonies)

  1. A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
    • Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator

Questions about cacophonies

What is cacophonies the plural of?
Cacophonies is the plural of cacophony.

Words near cacophonies in the dictionary

  1. cacophobia
  2. cacophonia
  3. cacophonic
  4. cacophonical
  5. cacophonically
  6. cacophonies
  7. cacophonious
  8. cacophonist
  9. cacophonists
  10. cacophonize
  11. cacophonized

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