Adjective

(en adjective)

Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.

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* 1909 , , The Foreigner , ch. 17:

They crowded around him with vociferous welcome, Brown leading in a series of wild cheers.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.

* 2006 , Everett True, Nirvana: The Biography , Da Capo Press (2007), ISBN 9780306815546, page 58:

The first time I saw the NYC quartet [Sonic Youth] was in 1983 for their Confusion Is Sex album, when they filled The Venue in Victoria, London with a cacophonous maelstrom of mangled sounds that still reverberates, more than two decades on.

* 2011 , Fern Michaels, To Taste the Wine , Kensington Books (2011), ISBN 9780758242747, page 153:

and the cacophonous clatter of pots and pans accompanied the vociferous complaints of the ship's cook.

* 2012 , Michael D. Breed & Janice Moore, Animal Behavior , Academic Press (2012), ISBN 9780123725813, page 199 (image caption):

A colony of pelicans can be cacophonous .