Associations to the word «Raucous»

Wiktionary

RAUCOUS, adjective. Harsh and rough-sounding.
RAUCOUS, adjective. Disorderly and boisterous.
RAUCOUS, adjective. Loud and annoying.

Dictionary definition

RAUCOUS, adjective. Unpleasantly loud and harsh.
RAUCOUS, adjective. Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats