— cacophonic /kak'euh fon"ik/ , adj.
/keuh kof"euh nee/ , n. , pl. cacophonies .
1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
3. Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.
[ 1650-60; cacophonia kakophonía. See CACO-, -PHONY ]