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- Dictionaryraucous/ˈrɔːkəs/
adjective
- 1. making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise: "raucous youths" Similar Opposite
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adjective. uk / ˈrɔː.kəs / us / ˈrɑː.kəs / Add to word list. loud and unpleasant: I heard the raucous call of the crows. Raucous laughter came from the next room. The party was becoming rather raucous. Synonym. rowdy disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Describing qualities of sound. audibly. boomy. chocolatey. chuff. clomp.
The meaning of RAUCOUS is disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse. How to use raucous in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Raucous.
adjective. us / ˈrɑː.kəs / uk / ˈrɔː.kəs / Add to word list. loud and unpleasant: I heard the raucous call of the crows. Raucous laughter came from the next room. The party was becoming rather raucous. Synonym. rowdy disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Describing qualities of sound. audibly. boomy. chocolatey. chuff. clomp.
Raucous definition: harsh; strident; grating. See examples of RAUCOUS used in a sentence.
A raucous sound is loud, harsh, and rather unpleasant. They heard a bottle being smashed, then more raucous laughter. American English : raucous / ˈrɔkəs /
1. Rough-sounding and harsh: raucous laughter. 2. Boisterous and disorderly: "a drunken and raucous party for his bachelor friends" (Louis Auchincloss). [From Latin raucus.] rau′cous·ly adv. rau′cous·ness, rau′ci·ty (rô′sĭ-tē) n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Raucous means unpleasantly loud, or behaving in a noisy and disorderly way. It can be hard to give an oral report in the front of a classroom when the kids in the back are being raucous.
