2
: boisterously disorderly
a … raucous frontier town—
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raucously
adverb
raucousness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of raucous in a Sentence
He stepped over one man, avoided a raucous group of inebriated merchant seamen staggering for their boats, ran up his steps into the large foyer …
—James Clavell, Gai-Jin, 1994
The scene was reminiscent of a college fraternity reunion, with plenty of backslapping, joking, hugging and raucous laughter.
—Lewis Beale, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 1987
On the ledge of rock above this strange couple there stood three solemn buzzards, who, at the sight of the new comers uttered raucous screams of disappointment and flapped sullenly away.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, 1887
the partying neighbors kept up their raucous laughter half the night
James Clavell, Gai-Jin, 1994
The scene was reminiscent of a college fraternity reunion, with plenty of backslapping, joking, hugging and raucous laughter.
—Lewis Beale, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 1987
On the ledge of rock above this strange couple there stood three solemn buzzards, who, at the sight of the new comers uttered raucous screams of disappointment and flapped sullenly away.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, 1887
the partying neighbors kept up their raucous laughter half the night
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While Queen seemed resistant to the crowd’s raucous support of the home team, Willard seemed to acknowledge that the first away game from Xfinity Center in College Park not involving a neutral venue impacted the players.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 Dec. 2024
In the wake of the Kennedy assassination, many sporting events were called off, and the raucous, patriotic annual match between the two service academies nearly met the same fate.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
In July, at a bitcoin conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump pledged to fire Gensler if reelected, drawing perhaps the most raucous applause of the night.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
At a raucous Tuesday evening rally in Philadelphia—his first since being picked as Kamala Harris’ running mate—Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walked through his own working-class background, drawing contrasts between himself and former President Trump.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 Dec. 2024
In the wake of the Kennedy assassination, many sporting events were called off, and the raucous, patriotic annual match between the two service academies nearly met the same fate.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
In July, at a bitcoin conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump pledged to fire Gensler if reelected, drawing perhaps the most raucous applause of the night.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
At a raucous Tuesday evening rally in Philadelphia—his first since being picked as Kamala Harris’ running mate—Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walked through his own working-class background, drawing contrasts between himself and former President Trump.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Raucous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raucous. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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raucous
adjective
rau·cous
ˈrȯ-kəs 
1
: being harsh and unpleasant
a raucous voice
2
: behaving in a rough and noisy way
a raucous crowd
raucously
adverb
raucousness
noun
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