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raucous
What does raucous mean?
raucous (adjective): unpleasantly loud and harsh.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use raucous in a sentence?
How do you pronounce raucous?
/ˈɹɔkəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does raucous come from?
Borrowed from Latin raucus (“hoarse, husky, raucous”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “raucous” mean?
unpleasantly loud and harsh
Right! That's what “raucous” means.
compelling immediate action
Not quite: that's what urgent means.
featuring a lot of sunshine
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showing careful forethought
Not quite: that's what cautious means.
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