cacophony
noun/kəˈkɒfəni/
/kəˈkɑːfəni/
[uncountable, singular] (formal)- a mixture of loud unpleasant soundsTopics Languagec2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French cacophonie, from Greek kakophōnia, from kakophōnos ‘ill-sounding’, from kakos ‘bad’ + phōnē ‘sound’.
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