Definition of 'raucous'
adjective
They heard a bottle being smashed, then more raucous laughter.
...the raucous cries of the sea-birds.
...a raucous crowd of 25,000 delirious fans.
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Derived forms
raucously (ˈraucously) adverb
Word origin of 'raucous'
C18: from Latin raucus hoarseWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
raucously (ˈraucously) adverb
raucousness (ˈraucousness)
noun
Word origin of 'raucous'
L raucus < IE echoic base *reu-, to give hoarse cries, mutter > L rumor, OE reon, to lamentExample sentences containing 'raucous'
Beer drinking is about raucous social celebration.
Times, Sunday Times (2007) Times, Sunday Times (2016) Times, Sunday Times (2008) Times, Sunday Times (2014)It is supposed to be raucous and loud.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)The most raucous celebrations of an overdue renaissance are scheduled for the south of France next month.
Times, Sunday Times (2010) Times, Sunday Times (2015) Times, Sunday Times (2010) Party activists stage raucous rallies and follow pick-up trucks full of dancing girls on fleets of motorbikes.
Times, Sunday Times (2011) Times, Sunday Times (2014) The Sun (2008) The Sun (2010) Times, Sunday Times (2010)This raucous street party with steel drums, food and rum earned its name after people turned up religiously week after week.
The Sun (2015)This time next year raucous laughter will greet anyone at a dinner party or in a pub who admits having a Rock account.
Times, Sunday Times (2008) Times, Sunday Times (2008) The Sun (2016) Times, Sunday Times (2007) Times, Sunday Times (2015) Laughter is so raucous, aggressive, judgmental.
Times, Sunday Times (2009) The Sun (2009) Times, Sunday Times (2014) Times, Sunday Times (2015)Rival gypsy fighters were said to be going toe-to-toe in the hotel car park - egged on by a raucous crowd.
The Sun (2011)Trends of 'raucous'
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Translations for 'raucous'
British English: raucous ADJECTIVE
A raucous sound is loud, harsh, and rather unpleasant.They heard a bottle being smashed, then more raucous laughter.
A raucous sound is loud, harsh, and rather unpleasant.They heard a bottle being smashed, then more raucous laughter.
- Brazilian Portuguese: rouco
- Chinese: 刺耳的
- European Spanish: estridente
- French: bruyant bruyante
- German: rau
- Italian: sguaiato sguaiata
- Japanese: 騒々しい
- Korean: > 요란한소리가
- Portuguese: rouco rouca
- Spanish: estridente
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