raucous.
Harsh and rough-sounding.
Meaning & usage
Harsh and rough-sounding.
At night, raucous ruckus took place in the swamp.
Disorderly and boisterous.
Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.
Loud and annoying.
The new neighbors had a raucous ruction in the small hours last night.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin rāvis Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin raucusbor. English raucous Borrowed from Latin raucus (“hoarse, husky, raucous”).
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