cacophony
noun
harsh or unpleasant discordance of sound; dissonance.
cacophonies
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pluralof cacophony.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At times, they nearly doubled the length of their calls and amplified their whistles, in a sense shouting, to be heard above cacophonies of white noise or a recording of a pressure washer.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
But much of the prominent fiction of 2022 met the moment and captured this fragmentation, thick with code-switching, style-shifting and cacophonies of anxious narration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
The cacophony of viewpoints in a nation unafraid to express them seemed to yield what such cacophonies often yield: muddle.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
The cacophonies indirectly and directly harm animals, of course, interfering with their reproductive patterns, reducing their habitats, fragmenting their communities and sometimes killing them outright.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 24, 2022
I have corrected all typographical errors,–then all slips of the pen,–then many cacophonies of language,–moreover, verbal and real blunders enough; but the conceits and the poetical tulips I have seldom rooted out.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
