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    cacophonous

    cacophonous - Dictionary definition and meaning for word cacophonous

    Definition
    (adj) having an unpleasant sound
    Synonyms : cacophonic
    Example Sentence
    • as cacophonous as a henyard
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cacophonous

caco sounds like cactus and phonous like phone. So kindly try to remember it like this...a phone with a cactus makes irritating sounds.

Caco + phone – phones sometimes cause irritating sound (some ringtones etc).

phonus is sound.and kako is bad or harsh..so cacophonous is bad sound or harsh sound.

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lots of COCK making noise in a PHONE... "KUKDEKU.."

symphony is pleasing music of well tuned. cacophony is opposite to it made up uneven rhythm and it should be called as noise not song

cactus + phonus ~ cactus = unpleasant phonus = sound => unpleasant sound !!

poem frog and the nightingale->frog's voice crass cacophany

ke ko sound in phone while talking irritates us

cacophony: it sounds like ' cat call phone' ---- discordant.

cacophony: cat + cock + phone --- it is obviously discordant.

"caco" stands for chaos , phonous means sound. If you read science fiction or read cosmology you know what chaos means. So caco+phonous means "chaos sound"

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