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All raucous synonyms

rau·cous
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adj raucous

  • ear piercing — hole in ear for jewellery
  • ear-piercing — extremely harsh and irritating to the ear: ear-piercing noise.
  • ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
  • clanging — a clanging sound.
  • anarchic — If you describe someone or something as anarchic, you disapprove of them because they do not recognize or obey any rules or laws.
  • loud — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
  • boisterous — Someone who is boisterous is noisy, lively, and full of energy.
  • grating — a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
  • dissonant — disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant.
  • cacophonous — If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant.
  • full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
  • clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
  • breathy — If someone has a breathy voice, you can hear their breath when they speak or sing.
  • inharmonic — not harmonic; dissonant.
  • disorderly — characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.
  • croupier — A croupier is the person in charge of a gambling table in a casino, who collects the bets and pays money to the people who have won.
  • disharmonic — lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.
  • hoarse — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
  • croupy — pertaining to or resembling croup.
  • harsh — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
  • disharmonious — inharmonious; discordant.
  • husky — big and strong; burly.
  • turbulent — being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed: turbulent feelings or emotions.
  • gravelly — of, like, or abounding in gravel.

noun raucous

  • hoarseness — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
  • noisiness — making much noise: noisy children.

adjective raucous

  • indisciplined — Alternative form of undisciplined.
  • immusical — (archaic) inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.
  • guttural — of or relating to the throat.
  • argute — (of sounds) shrill
  • clamorous — If you describe people or their voices as clamorous, you mean they are talking loudly or shouting.
  • cacophonic — Discordant.
  • croaky — If someone's voice is croaky, it is low and rough.
  • noisy — abounding in or full of noise: a noisy assembly hall.
  • jeering — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
  • jangly — to produce a harsh, discordant sound, as two comparatively small, thin, or hollow pieces of metal hitting together: The charms on her bracelet jangle as she moves.
  • asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
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