Usually means: Harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word cacophonous:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. cacophonous: Merriam-Webster
  2. cacophonous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cacophonous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cacophonous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cacophonous: Vocabulary.com
  6. cacophonous: Wordnik
  7. cacophonous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cacophonous: Wiktionary
  9. cacophonous: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Cacophonous, cacophonous: Dictionary.com
  11. Cacophonous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. cacophonous: Rhymezone
  13. Cacophonous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. cacophonous: FreeDictionary.org
  15. cacophonous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. cacophonous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cacophonous: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cacophonous: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cacophonous: Wordcraft Dictionary

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adjective:  Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.

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