raucous.

Loud, rough, and disorderly in sound.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• raucous laughter
• raucous crowd

On the page

Raucous laughter rose from the lower deck.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more raucous; superlative most raucous when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.