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cacophony
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unpleasant noise, discordant
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dirge
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a funeral hymn or lament
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eclectic
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made up of a variety of sources or styles
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incongruous
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lacking in harmony; incompatible
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sonorous
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producing a deep of full sound
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strident
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loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
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debacle
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disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure; fiasco
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debilitate
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impair the strength of; weaken
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tumultuous
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noisy and disorderly
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anachronistic
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the representation of something as existing or happening in the wrong time period
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archaic
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characteristics of an earlier time; antiquated; old
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dilatory
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habitually late
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eqhermal
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lasting for only a brief time
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redolent
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suggestive; aromatic; fragrant
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temporal
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relating to or limited by time
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onerous
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troublesome or oppressive; burdensome
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portent
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an omen; indication of something important or calamitous
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prescience
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foresight; knowledge of action or events before they occur
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austere
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strict; without decoration
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banal
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drearily commonplace; predictable; trite
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hackeyed
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worn out through overuse; trite
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insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor
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prosaic
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unimaginative; dull (antonym: poetic)
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soporific
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inducing or tending to induce sleep
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vapid
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lacking liveliness; animation or interest dull
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