cacophony
noun
[ kəˈkɒf(ə)ni ]
• a harsh discordant mixture of sounds.
• "a cacophony of deafening alarm bells"
Similar:
din,
racket,
noise,
discord,
dissonance,
discordance,
caterwauling,
raucousness,
screeching,
jarring,
stridency,
grating,
rasping,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French cacophonie, from Greek kakophōnia, from kakophōnos ‘ill-sounding’, from kakos ‘bad’ + phōnē ‘sound’.
