cacophonous
\kuh-KOF-uh-nuhs\
adjective
1. having a harsh or discordant sound.
Quotes
The teacher with the wife taught Standard Four math and the new teacher taught Standard Five Afrikaans. One day the husband noticed that the new teacher's class was cacophonous, more cacophonous than usual.
-- Peter Orner, The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, 2006
Origin
Cacophonous comes from the Greek word kakóphōnos meaning "bad sounding."
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