(n.) tremendous noise, disharmonious sound (The elementary school orchestra created a cacophony at the recital.)

Harsh or discordant sounds, often the result of repetition and combination of consonants within a group of words. The opposite of euphony. Writers frequently use cacophony to express energy or mimic m [..]

1650s, from Greek kakophonia, from kakophonos "harsh sounding," from kakos "bad, evil" (see caco-) + phone "voice, sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, s [..]

n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

harsh joining of sounds. *We want no parlay with you and your grisly gang who work your wicked will. W. Churchill *O Tite tute Tati tibi tanta tyranne tulisti! Ennius

 – unrhymed or discordant sounds

noun Definition: a large uproar Example Sentence: The room was a big cacophony of yelling people.

(n) loud confusing disagreeable sounds(n) a loud harsh or strident noise

juxtaposition of harsh sounds.

A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance. * '''1921-1922,''' , '''', *: ''Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the dam [..]

Cover your ears, Shmoopers. Cacophony is a big old racket, made by combining lots of harsh, discordant noises. Cacophony is the opposite of euphony.William Carlos Williams's poem "Great Figu [..]