harshness or discordancy of sound; the opposite of euphony. Usually the result of awkward alliteration as in tongue‐twisters, it is sometimes used by poets for deliberate effect. For...
A good example of a cacophony would be a bunch of different horn sounds at the same time in a traffic jam. Something that has mixed sounds that may not sound good together, like the insane asylum in...
Cacophony in language refers to discordant sounds put together, making a sentence hard to hear or say. Many tongue twisters are examples of cacophony. "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."...