What is another word for Cacophonies?

Pronunciation: [kɐkˈɒfənˌɪz] (IPA)

Cacophonies refer to unpleasant, discordant sounds. Synonyms for it include discord, disharmony, noise, din, racket, and clamor. Discord implies a lack of harmony between sounds or people. Disharmony refers to a lack of agreement or conformity. Noise suggests a loud, confused, or irritating sound. Din implies a jarring or deafening noise. Racket means loud noise, especially disturbance. Clamor signifies loud shouting or outcry. All these words can be used as synonyms for cacophonies, depending on the context. They are perfect for describing loud, unpleasant, and chaotic sounds that can be harsh or disturbing to the ears.

What are the hypernyms for Cacophonies?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Cacophonies

It is impossible for any intelligent admirer to maintain, except as a paradox, that his strange modulations, his Cacophonies of rhythm and rhyme, his occasional adoption of the foreshortened language of the telegraph or the comic stage, and many other peculiarities of his, were not things which a more perfect art would have either absorbed and transformed, or at least have indulged in with far less luxuriance.
"A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)"
George Saintsbury
Out of the Cacophonies of the place issued, sausage fashion, a half-million papers daily, holding up from hour to hour to the city the blurred mirrors of the newspaper columns alive with the almost humorous images of an unending calamity.
"Erik Dorn"
Ben Hecht
"Reviewer" and "literature," "pierced" and "athirst," "noise" and "voice," "inquisition" and "division," "trees" and "palaces," "shade is" and "ladies," "giftless" and "swiftness," are far from pleasing; and though I am almost ashamed to play the detective in work which is mostly full of charm, I find myself distressed by such Cacophonies as- Hid in its hoard of haws, and- Pierces a rushlight's ray's length into it.
"Platform Monologues"
T. G. Tucker

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