raucous

[ raw-kuhs ]

/ ˈrɔ kəs /

adjective

harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.

rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party.

Nearby words

Origin of raucous

1760–70; < Latin raucus hoarse, harsh, rough; see -ous

SYNONYMS FOR raucous

1. rough, jarring, raspy.

ANTONYMS FOR raucous

1. soft, mellow, dulcet.

Related formsrau·cous·ly, adverbrau·cous·ness, rau·ci·ty

[raw-si-tee] /ˈrɔ sɪ ti/, noun

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Examples from the Web for raucously

Upon that scene, the quiet of the room so raucously lacerated, burst Mr. Haas, too breathless for voice.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
The occasional bleat of a belated automobile on the drive below came up to me raucously.
When a Man Marries|Mary Roberts Rinehart
His nomination had his head up between the slats, and was crowing regularly and raucously.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day
He laughed again, raucously, and turned his back to Sanderson, disappearing into the store.
Square Deal Sanderson|Charles Alden Seltzer

The noise broke in raucously upon that horrid gurgling sound without.
The Man with the Clubfoot|Valentine Williams

British Dictionary definitions for raucously

raucous

/ (ˈrɔːkəs) /

adjective

(of voices, cries, etc) harshly or hoarsely loud

Derived Formsraucously, adverbraucousness or rare raucity (ˈrɔːsɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for raucous

C18: from Latin raucus hoarse

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Word Origin and History for raucously

raucous

adj.

1769, from Latin raucus "hoarse" (also source of French rauque, Spanish ronco, Italian rauco), related to ravus "hoarse," from PIE echoic base *reu- "make hoarse cries" (cf. Sanskrit rayati "barks," ravati "roars;" Greek oryesthai "to howl, roar;" Latin racco "a roar;" Old Church Slavonic rjevo "I roar;" Lithuanian rekti "roar;" Old English rarian "to wail, bellow"). Middle English had rauc in the same sense, from the same source.