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raucous

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rau·cous  (rôks)
adj.
1. Rough-sounding and harsh: raucous laughter.
2. Boisterous and disorderly: "the raucous give and take of American democracy" (Charles Kuralt).

[From Latin raucus.]

raucous·ly adv.
raucous·ness, rauci·ty (rôs-t) n.

raucous
Adjective
loud and harsh [Latin raucus]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.raucous - unpleasantly loud and harsh
cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten
2.raucous - disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers"
disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"

raucous
adjective harsh, rough, loud, noisy, grating, strident, rasping, husky, hoarse << OPPOSITE quiet
Translations
raucous [ˈrɔːkəs] adjestridente, ronco

raucous [ˈrɔːkəs] adjrauque

raucous [ˈrɔːkəs] adj (voice etc) → rau

raucous [ˈrɔːkəs] adjsguaiato/a

raucous
adj raucous [ˈroːkəs]
hoarse or harsh (and usually loud); a raucous voice. hees, skor أجَش، خَشِن дрезгав chraplavý hæs; grov heiser βραχνός ronco räme خشن؛ گوش خراش karkea rauque צוֹרֵם, צָרוּד कर्कश, कर्णकटु hrapav rekedt serak hás, rámur rauco しわがれ声の 쉰 목소리의, 목소리가 거친 griausmingas, triukšmingas aizsmacis garau rauw hes, rusten, grov ochrypły rouco răguşit хриплый, резкий chrapľavý hripav promukao hes, skrovlig (เสียง) ห้าว boğuk, kulak tırmalayıcı 粗聲的 хрипкий کرخت آواز khàn khàn
adv raucously
hees بِخُشونَه дрезгаво chraplavě hæst; groft heiser βραχνά roncamente rämedalt به طور ناهنجار karkeasti d'une voix rauque בְּקול צוֹרֵם कर्कशता से hrapavo, promuklo érdesen, rekedten dengan serak með hásum rómi con voce rauca しわがれ声で 쉰[] 목소리로 triukðmingai aizsmakušā balsī memekik rauw hest, rustent, med grov stemme ochryple roucamente cu o voce răguşită хрипло chrapľavo hripavo promuklo hest, skrovligt อย่างห้าว kısık/boğuk bir şekilde 喧鬧地 хрипко کرختگی سے khàn khàn
n raucousness
heesheid خُشونَة الصَّوْت дрезгавост chraptivost hæshed; grovhed die Heiserkeit βραχνάδα tono ronco, ronquera rämedus هیاهو؛ ناهنجاری karkeus ton rauque צְרִידוּת कर्कशता, कर्णकटुता hrapavost, promuklost rekedtség keserakan hæsi raucedine 耳ざわりなこと 목소리가 쉼[] triukšmingumas aizsmakums pekikan rauwheid heshet ochrypłość, chrypa rouquidão răguşeală хриплость chrapľavosť hripavost promuklost heshet, skrovlighet ความห้าว kısıklık, boğukluk 喧鬧 хрипкість کرختگی tiếng nói khàn khàn


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Running has never been my particular athletic forte, and now when my very life depended upon fleetness of foot I cannot say that I ran any better than on the occasions when my pitiful base running had called down upon my head the rooter's raucous and reproachful cries of "Ice Wagon," and "Call a cab.
Perched on the rim of Michael's pannikin, this inconsiderable adventurer from out of the dark into the sun of life, a mere spark and mote between the darks, by a ruffing of his salmon-pink crest, a swift and enormous dilation of his bead-black pupils, and a raucous imperative cry, as of all the gods, in his throat, could make Michael give back and permit the fastidious selection of the choicest tidbits of his dish.
"Sargeant," began Jerry in his old raucous, martyred, thunderous tones of complaint.
 
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