Raucous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Rough-sounding and harsh: raucous laughter.
  • adj. Boisterous and disorderly: "the raucous give and take of American democracy” ( Charles Kuralt).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Harsh and rough-sounding.
  • adj. Disorderly and boisterous.
  • adj. loud and annoying
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Hoarse; harsh; rough.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Hoarse; harsh; croaking in sound: as, a raucous voice or cry.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
  • adj. unpleasantly loud and harsh
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hoarse    harsh    rough    rowdy   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hoarse    strident    guttural    wordless    thunderous    ear-splitting    derisive    plaintive    tinny    long-drawn