cacophonous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having an unpleasant sound

   As cacophonous as a henyard- John McCarten.

Adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) + -ous, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -φωνος (-phōnos, “sounding”). By surface analysis, caco- + -phonous.

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