raucous
(Informal)
[adjective]
Synonyms: harsh, grating, hoarse, loud, noisy, rough, strident

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Related Words: brusque, gruff

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English Thesaurus: loud, noisy, rowdy, raucous, resounding, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

rau‧cous /ˈrɔːkəs $ ˈrɒː-/ adjective
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin; Origin: raucus]

1. sounding unpleasantly loud:
He burst into raucous laughter.
raucous cheers

2. impolite, noisy, and violent:
A group of raucous students spilled out of the bar.
The atmosphere became increasingly raucous.
—raucously adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

loud making a lot of noise – used about sounds, voices, or music:
a loud explosion
He was talking in a very loud voice.
The music was too loud.
noisy making a lot of noise – used about people, machines, and places that annoy you:
The traffic was so noisy.
noisy neighbours
a noisy bar
rowdy rowdy people behave in a noisy and uncontrolled way. A rowdy place such as a bar is full of noisy people, often behaving badly:
rowdy football fans
a rowdy bar
raucous /ˈrɔːkəs $ ˈrɒː-/ especially written unpleasantly loud – used about the excited sound of groups of people:
raucous laughter
raucous crowds
resounding [only before noun] used to describe a loud noise when something hits another thing, that seems to continue for a few seconds. Also used about people cheering or shouting loudly:
The door hit the wall with a resounding crash.
a resounding cheer
thunderous extremely loud and deep in sound:
His remarks received thunderous applause from the audience.
deafening /ˈdefənɪŋ/ so loud that you cannot hear anything else:
The noise was deafening – like a thousand fireworks going off at one time.
People living near airports suffer the deafening sound of aircraft taking off and landing.
ear-splitting so loud that your ears feel uncomfortable:
He played the music at ear-splitting volume.
piercing extremely loud, high, and unpleasant to hear:
a piercing scream
thunderous applause

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