Meaning of cacophony in English
(Definition of cacophony from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of cacophony
cacophony
What you hear, or imagine you hear is the cacophony of cash.
From CBS News
Screaming in unison with faces flushed and arms thrust in the air, the deafening cacophony of 300-some girls' high-pitched wailing echoed throughout the store.
From Los Angeles Times
They were fresh off a new album, and the push and pull of melody and cacophony gave each song a thrilling tension.
From Chicago Tribune
These days, they may be seen as adding to the cacophony of opinion and debate.
From Variety
But buried in the cacophony, he found things he hadn't expected.
From NPR
Another challenge: teaching voice recognition technology to pick up commands over background noise-the clamor of happy hour, say, or the cacophony of a sports stadium.
From The Denver Post
The creative force is rumbling through the cells of every female, a cacophony of ideas, urges, manifestations.
From Huffington Post
It will thrive for years to come, despite a cacophony of naysayers.
From NPR
A rare refrain from cacophony is so difficult to achieve in storytelling.
A man passionate about sound, he can pull meaning from cacophony.
From Gizmodo
The sounds of traffic, music, construction and sirens all merge together into a cacophony, into a clamor, into noise.
From NPR
So many drivers blare their horns outside my office, joining the cacophony of screeching tires and rumbling trucks that fills every city.
From WIRED
Twitter is more like a banquet hall, noisy and echoing with a cacophony of voices.
From Huffington Post
Then a loud, sustained, baritone rumble joins the cacophony.
But that song is still a quiet one compared to the overwhelming cacophony of devices being sold locked up and loaded with bloatware.
From The Verge
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