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: 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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But the fact that the Hoosiers could go into a raucous environment like Autzen Stadium and beat the Ducks by double digits without their quarterback being a superhero says a lot about their overall talent level.
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
On Wednesday, Blue Jays teammates waxed poetic about Scherzer, who is slated to make his 26th career postseason start in front of a raucous T-Mobile Park crowd.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
For a raucous night out, reserve a table at the sleek one-star Korean steakhouse Cote, an outpost of the popular New York City hotspot, known for its impressive banchan spread and premium cuts of beef grilled tableside.
—Sara Liss, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
Zhao entered the theater to raucous applause and spoke spiritually about the making of Hamnet, a film she co-wrote with Northern Irish writer Maggie O’Farrell based on O’Farrell’s 2020 novel of the same name.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
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Dane Brugler, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
On Wednesday, Blue Jays teammates waxed poetic about Scherzer, who is slated to make his 26th career postseason start in front of a raucous T-Mobile Park crowd.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
For a raucous night out, reserve a table at the sleek one-star Korean steakhouse Cote, an outpost of the popular New York City hotspot, known for its impressive banchan spread and premium cuts of beef grilled tableside.
—Sara Liss, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
Zhao entered the theater to raucous applause and spoke spiritually about the making of Hamnet, a film she co-wrote with Northern Irish writer Maggie O’Farrell based on O’Farrell’s 2020 novel of the same name.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Raucous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raucous. Accessed 20 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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