SAT Word of the Day: cacophony
September 8, 2010 by Adam
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cacophony (n.)
From Dictionary.com:
1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds.
3. Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.
In a sentence:
“While the band is adored by its young fans, some older critics complain that its music is little more than a cacophony of loud, harsh noise.”
