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cacophony

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An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.

A combination of discordant sounds.

An unhealthy state of the voice.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Personally, I think four is the perfect number of children for our particular family. Four is enough to create the frenzied cacophony that my husband and I find so joyful. Ayelet Waldman

The wonder is not that so much cacophony appears in our actual individual lives, but that there is any appearance of harmony and progression. Lewis Mumford

An action film can have too much action; picture an equaliser on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged at 10. It becomes a cacophony and is, ultimately, quite boring. Shane Black

Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you. Naomi Klein

Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order. A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives. Desmond Tutu

An event is so improbable that its occurrence is akin to cacophony sounding mellifluous. Persian Proverb

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