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Synonyms for raucous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : raw-kuhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɔ kəs

Top 10 synonyms for raucous
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Définition of raucous

Origin :
  • 1769, from Latin raucus "hoarse" (also source of French rauque, Spanish ronco, Italian rauco), related to ravus "hoarse," from PIE echoic base *reu- "make hoarse cries" (cf. Sanskrit rayati "barks," ravati "roars;" Greek oryesthai "to howl, roar;" Latin racco "a roar;" Old Church Slavonic rjevo "I roar;" Lithuanian rekti "roar;" Old English rarian "to wail, bellow"). Middle English had rauc in the same sense, from the same source.
  • adj noisy, rough
  • adj rowdy
Example sentences :
  • "Cottonton" was a mass of frantic arms, raucous voices, white faces.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • For a while, Oliver Symmes heard the raucous music of the crowd.
  • Extract from : « Life Sentence » by James McConnell
  • His voice was so deep and raucous that it seemed to jar the soles of her feet.
  • Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner
  • They roared the raucous song of freedom, and faster and faster they charged.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Cochran's voice rose above the clamor of the room in a raucous whoop.
  • Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson
  • "I can't take issue with you here," he said with a raucous laugh.
  • Extract from : « Fibble, D. D. » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
  • She too was looking at the booth, she heard the man's monotonous, raucous cries.
  • Extract from : « The Elusive Pimpernel » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • But still unabated, agonised, raucous, came the sounds of Harran's breathing.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • It was a raucous howl of execration, a bellow of rage, inarticulate, deafening.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • From it the voice to the city is often a pious one, an impious one, and almost always a raucous one.
  • Extract from : « Americans All » by Various

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