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: boisterously disorderly
a … raucous frontier town—
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raucously
adverb
raucousness
noun
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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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Smith, Kesha, Williams and more were spotted at Casa Cipriani in downtown Manhattan, tucked into the VIP section of a small dance party that got more raucous as the night progressed.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2025
In New Orleans, raucous parades and celebrations during the Mardi Gras period – which take place all around the city – have sometimes been the site of gun violence.
—Jason Morris, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
From that unforgettable late night screening of ‘Bridesmaids’ to ‘Spy’s’ raucous world premiere, his films capture exactly what makes our festival special: wildly entertaining projects that push boundaries.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2025
Coming off of Sundance buzz movie Together, Dave Franco is set to star with O’Shea Jackson Jr (Straight Outta Compton) and Peter Dinklage (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) in raucous comedy, The Shitheads, which is likely to be an in-demand project at next week’s EFM in Berlin.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2025
In New Orleans, raucous parades and celebrations during the Mardi Gras period – which take place all around the city – have sometimes been the site of gun violence.
—Jason Morris, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
From that unforgettable late night screening of ‘Bridesmaids’ to ‘Spy’s’ raucous world premiere, his films capture exactly what makes our festival special: wildly entertaining projects that push boundaries.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2025
Coming off of Sundance buzz movie Together, Dave Franco is set to star with O’Shea Jackson Jr (Straight Outta Compton) and Peter Dinklage (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) in raucous comedy, The Shitheads, which is likely to be an in-demand project at next week’s EFM in Berlin.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Raucous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raucous. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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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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