2
: boisterously disorderly
a … raucous frontier town—
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raucously
adverb
raucousness
noun
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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Superstar Shohei Ohtani launched a two-run shot to cut the lead down to 11-4, but the momentum still appeared to be on the Blue Jays' side in a raucous Rogers Centre.
—Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Content creators now use it for just about anything and its appearance often sparks raucous reactions, like in September when a crowd erupted in cheers after an In-N-Out employee called out order number 67.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
There are hoots and hollers from raucous tourists on Bourbon Street, for example.
—Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The event packed a 500 person-capacity theater and included frequent raucous applause.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
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Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Content creators now use it for just about anything and its appearance often sparks raucous reactions, like in September when a crowd erupted in cheers after an In-N-Out employee called out order number 67.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
There are hoots and hollers from raucous tourists on Bourbon Street, for example.
—Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The event packed a 500 person-capacity theater and included frequent raucous applause.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for raucous
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“Raucous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raucous. Accessed 31 Oct. 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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