raucous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Harsh and rough-sounding.

   At night, raucous ruckus took place in the swamp.

2. 2
   adj

   Disorderly and boisterous.

   Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.

3. 3
   adj

   Loud and annoying.

   The new neighbors had a raucous ruction in the small hours last night.

Borrowed from Latin raucus (“hoarse, husky, raucous”).

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