raucous
Adjective Satellite
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
- "a raucous party"
Adj
- Harsh and rough-sounding.
- Disorderly and boisterous.
- Loud and annoying.
Adjective
- Making a loud and unpleasant harsh noise; disorderly.
Examples
- Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.
- At night, raucous ruckus took place in the swamp.
- The new neighbors had a raucous ruction in the small hours last night.
- The RAUCOUS laughter from the next table made it hard to focus on my Scrabble strategy.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin raucus (“hoarse, husky, raucous”).
Scrabble Score: 9
raucous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordraucous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
raucous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
raucous: valid Words With Friends Word