raucous

Borrowed from Latin raucus (“hoarse, husky, raucous”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔːkəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔkəs/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑkəs/

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• Hyphenation: raucous
• Rhymes: -ɔːkəs

raucous (comparative more raucous, superlative most raucous)

1. Harsh and rough-sounding.

   At night, raucous sounds come from the swamp.

2. Disorderly and boisterous.

   Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.

   • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎:

     In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic.

3. Loud and annoying.

   The new neighbors had a raucous party.

• (disorderly and boisterous): rowdy

• raucously
• raucousness
• unraucous

• ruckus

• “raucous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “raucous”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.