raucous
adjective
harsh; strident; grating.
raucousness
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a word derived from
raucous.
Example Sentences
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It doesn't have Lagos's famous, and infamous, raucousness -- but neither does it have a riposte to the Lagos' film industry, known as Nollywood, or its major corporate headquarters and roster of Afrobeats stars.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
This is the afterglow of a celebration, the vibrant hues—caution-tape yellow and highlighter green—testifying to a party, the exhausted forms evidence of its raucousness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Fight week in Riyadh has been strikingly different to the enchantment of a Vegas fight week or the raucousness of a UK stadium showdown.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
About that raucousness that resulted: As Willard somehow found his way through the crowd and to the safety of the locker room, one Maryland student successfully hoisted himself onto one rim.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023
An apparent repetition of which statement he immediately made with equal raucousness in two or three languages.
From The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by James Montgomery Flagg
