raucous

  • 21raucous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. harsh, grating, rasping, hoarse, strident. See loudness. Ant., quiet, smooth talking. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Harsh] Syn. strident, rough, grating, hoarse, loud, gruff, dissonant, jarring,… …

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  • 22raucous — rau·cous || rɔːkÉ™s adj. hoarse, gruff, rasping; noisy, clamorous, boisterous, rowdy …

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  • 23raucous — [ rɔ:kəs] adjective making or constituting a harsh, loud noise. Derivatives raucously adverb raucousness noun Origin C18: from L. raucus hoarse + ous …

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  • 24raucous — a. Hoarse, husky, rough, harsh …

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  • 25raucous — adj strident, shrill, screeching, piercing, ear piercing; harsh, sharp, grating, rasping, scratching, dissonant, discordant, jarring, twanging; cacophonous, noisy, loud, earsplitting, clamorous, clangorous …

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  • 26raucous — rau·cous …

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  • 27raucous — /ˈrɔkəs / (say rawkuhs) adjective hoarse; harsh sounding, as a voice. {Latin raucus} –raucously, adverb –raucousness, raucity /ˈrɔsəti/ (say rawsuhtee), noun …

  • 28raucous — adj. harsh sounding, loud and hoarse. Derivatives: raucously adv. raucousness n. Etymology: L raucus …

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  • 29loud and raucous — The characterization of a sound interfering with the peace and quiet of a person. Haggerty v Associated Farmers of California, Inc. 44 Cal 2d 60, 279 P2d 734 …

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  • 30Raucously — Raucous Rau cous (r[add] k[u^]s), a. [L. raucus.] Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone. His voice slightly raucous. Aytoun. {Rau cous*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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