Word Meanings - CACOPHONY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. "Cacophonies of all kinds." Pope.

SLANGINESS
Quality of being slangy.
INCONCINNITY
Want of concinnity or congruousness; unsuitableness. There is an inconcinnity in admitting these words. Trench.
STIFFNESS
The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character. The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too. South.
SLANGOUS
Slangy. John Bee.
SLANG
imp. of Sling. Slung.
SLANGY
Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.
CACOPHONY
An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. "Cacophonies of all kinds." Pope.
BARBARISM
1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott. 2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton.
INELEGANCE; INELEGANCY
Etym: 1. The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners. The notorious inelegance of her figure. T. Hook. 2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of
EUPHUISM
An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
RESTIFFNESS
Restiveness.
SEMIBARBARISM
The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
BOOMSLANGE
A large South African tree snake . Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.