cacophonous

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"Goodbye Solo" begins innocuously enough, but quickly devolves into a soul-searching, cacophonous, theoretical debate on the very future of film -- so much uproar sparked by a sweet little movie about a chatty Winston-Salem cabby (Souléymane Sy Savané) and his unusual friendship with one of his fares (Red West).

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  • Although their music is loud, noisy and cacophonous, they are a band filled with impressively talented musicians. —  DOA
  • "Goodbye Solo" begins innocuously enough, but quickly devolves into a soul-searching, cacophonous, theoretical debate on the very future of film -- so much uproar sparked by a sweet little movie about a chatty Winston-Salem cabby (Souléymane Sy Savané) and his unusual friendship with one of his fares (Red West). —  Filmspotting
  • Another annoyance is inconsiderate guys who walk around with a loud portable music player; the music itself is often cacophonous, hence annoying, Those who are annoyed by such fashion and bad taste can now call the police and have the offenders cited. —  Kevin D. Rollins
  • Fans of Cline's instrumental group, The Nels Cline Singers, should note that this effort is equally acoustic and electrifying, and less jazz-cacophonous than his trio settings. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
  • Something that web workers deal with throughout the day but don't spend a lot of time talking about is the deluge of e-mail alerts, updates, and notifications that batter us like a cacophonous rain of data throughout the day, much of it due to the social media web sites that keep a modern web worker dialed in and informed. —  GigaOM Network
 

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  1. From Greek kakophōnos : kakos, bad; see kakka- in Indo-European roots + phōnē, sound; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Greek κακόφωνος, harsh-sounding: see cacophony.
 

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/kæˈkɑfənəs/
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