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raucous
/ ˈrɔːsɪtɪ; ˈrɔːkəs /
adjective
- (of voices, cries, etc) harshly or hoarsely loud
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Derived Forms
- ˈraucousness, noun
- ˈraucously, adverb
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Other Words From
- raucous·ly adverb
- raucous·ness rau·ci·ty [raw, -si-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of raucous1
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Example Sentences
An hour-and-a-half of pure, raucous, profanity-fueled laughter: what a perfect edition of Fashion Police aired on E!
Actually, the scene was so darned enthusiastic that it began to look a little like a raucous Walmart employee rally.
Then 45 years old, Robert Foligny Broussard was a raucous and charismatic Democrat from New Iberia, Louisiana.
At first it was raucous, trembling with patriotism, a sea of seething yellow.
So raucous did the celebration get that City Tavern took the unusual step of sending along a bill for “breakage.”
The court crier cleared his throat and shouted in a raucous voice, Raymond Burton!
Even the gulls, wheeling and darting along the shore, had a new note in their raucous crying.
The woman called to him in high-pitched and raucous prohibition, but Newt Spooner went heedlessly on his way.
From the adjoining room came the sound of Cavendish's breathing, but now it was more raucous, more like groan following groan.
Is the raucous "Well hit, Johnny," of the crowd a fitting, a reverent salutation?
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