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raucous
/ˈɹɔkəs/
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What does raucous mean?
adjective
- Harsh and rough-sounding.
- Disorderly and boisterous.
- Loud and annoying.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹɔkəs/
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But suddenly a deep raucous breathing and a rustle of leaves showed that Ranger was back.
Some lean lazily against the side-posts, humming to themselves or calling to the passer-by in a raucous voice, and some listlessly read.
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The point is, that the poor in London are not left alone, but rather deafened and bewildered with raucous and despotic advice.
The wilderness was always inhabited, so much so that it often became a bear-garden in which raucous good humour prevailed over everything.
We have found ourselves rich in goods, but ragged in spirit; reaching with magnificent precision for the moon, but falling into raucous discord on earth.