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raucous

UK/ˈɹɔːkəs//ˈɹɔkəs/

raucous adjective: harsh and rough-sounding.

Adjective

raucous (comparative more raucous, superlative most raucous)

  1. Harsh and rough-sounding.
    • At night, raucous ruckus took place in the swamp.
  2. Disorderly and boisterous.
    • Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.
    • In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic.2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman
    Synonyms:
    rowdy
  3. Loud and annoying.
    • The new neighbors had a raucous ruction in the small hours last night.
    • There are also a lot of people who have never dreamed of being disagreeable in public, much less considered joining a raucous social movement.2026 June 12, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “This Could Be the Winning Issue for Democrats”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

raucous meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

raucous in Bengali

কর্কশ, উচ্চ শব্দযুক্ত

raucous in Malayalam

screeching, harsh, strident
പരുഷമായ, പരുഷസ്വരത്തിലുള്ള, കർക്കശമായ, കർണ്ണകഠോരമായ, കർക്കശശബ്ദത്തിലുള്ള, കിരുകിരുക്കുന്ന
noisy, rowdy, boisterous
ബഹളക്കാരനായ, അലമ്പായ, ഒച്ചയിടുന്ന, ഒച്ചയുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, രവണ, വാശ

raucous in Kannada

ಒರಟು, ಗಡುಸು, ಕರ್ಕಶವಾದ, ಒರಟಾದ, ಗಡುಸಾದ

Examples of raucous in a sentence

  • The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.
  • The stand-up dealt well with the heckles from the crowd, replying with raucous banter to raise plenty of laughs.
  • Epstein’s mansion on the Upper East Side and raucous parties with cheerleaders and models at Mr.

All 30 example sentences with raucous

Synonyms of raucous

Forms of raucous

comparativemore raucous
superlativemost raucous

Origin of raucous

Borrowed from Latin raucus (“hoarse, husky, raucous”).

Words formed from raucous

Words that rhyme with raucous

Questions about raucous

What does raucous mean?
Raucous means harsh and rough-sounding.
What is raucous in Bengali?
Raucous in Bengali is কর্কশ, উচ্চ শব্দযুক্ত. See Raucous meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is raucous?
Raucous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce raucous?
Raucous is pronounced /ˈɹɔːkəs/ (UK).

Words near raucous in the dictionary

  1. raucid
  2. raucidities
  3. raucidity
  4. raucity
  5. Rauco
  6. raucous
  7. raucously
  8. raucousness
  9. raucousnesses
  10. Rauda
  11. Raudas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: raucous (page history and authors); raucous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); raucous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); raucous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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