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Cacophony [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In rhetoric, an uncouth or disagreeable sound of words, proceeding from the meeting of harsh letters or syllables.

2. In medicine, a depraved voice; an altered state of the voice.

3. In music, a combination of discordant sounds.

Cacophony [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.

2. A combination of discordant sounds.

3. An unhealthy state of the voice.

Stridor Roget’s Thesaurus §410

N. creak, creaking, discord, &c. 414, stridor, roughness, sharpness, &c. adj, cacophony, cacoepy, acute note, high note, soprano, treble, tenor, alto, falsetto, penny trumpet, voce di testa

V. creak, grate, jar, burr, pipe, twang, jangle, clank, clink, scream, yelp, buzz, set the teeth on edge, corcher les oreilles, pierce the ears, split the ears, split the head, offend the ear, grate upon the ear, jar upon the ear

Adj. creaking, stridulous, harsh, coarse, hoarse, horrisonous|, rough, gruff, grum, sepulchral, hollow, sharp, high, acute, shrill, trumpet-toned, piercing, ear-piercing, high-pitched, high-toned, cracked, discordant, cacophonous

Discord Roget’s Thesaurus §414

N. discord, discordance, dissonance, cacophony, want of harmony, caterwauling, harshness, babel, dutch concert, cat's concert, marrowbones and cleavers

V. be discordant, jar

Adj. discordant, dissonant, absonant, out of tune, tuneless, unmusical, untunable, unmelodious, immelodious, unharmonious, inharmonious, singsong, cacophonous, harsh, jarring

Inelegance Roget’s Thesaurus §579

N. inelegance, stiffness, "unlettered muse", barbarism, slang, solecism, mannerism, euphuism, fustian, cacophony, words that break the teeth, words that dislocate the jaw, marinism

V. be inelegant

Adj. inelegant, graceless, ungraceful, harsh, abrupt, dry, stiff, cramped, formal, guinde, forced, labored, artificial, mannered, ponderous, awkward, uncourtly, unpolished, turgid, affected, euphuistic, barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting, offensive to ears polite, 2. spoken language