Raucous
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adjective.
Rough-sounding and harsh.
adjective.
Boisterous and disorderly.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Hoarse; harsh; croaking in sound: as, a
raucous
voice or cry.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Hoarse; harsh; rough.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Harsh
and
rough
-
sounding
.
adjective.
Disorderly
and
boisterous
.
adjective.
loud
and
annoying
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
adjective.
unpleasantly loud and harsh
Word Usage
"Dimitri joined his retinue of eleven men in raucous laughter as bullets impacted armour and fell to the ground as harmless lumps of jacketed lead."
Equivalent
cacophonic
cacophonous
disorderly
Etymologically Related
raucously
raucousness
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
caucus
enterococcus
staphylococcus
streptococcus
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
anguished
audible
boisterous
clamorous
derisive
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
absonant
atonal
boisterous
brassy
brazen