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| Main Entry: | raucous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noisy, rough |
| Synonyms: | acute, blatant, brusque, cacophonous, discordant, dissonant, dry, grating, grinding, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inharmonious, jarring, loud, piercing, rasping, sharp, strident, thick, absonant, atonal, blaring, braying, ear-piercing, squawking, stertorous, unharmonious, unmusical |
| Notes: | raucous means unpleasantly loud and harsh or disturbing the public peace, while a ruckus is a disturbance or a commotion |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, soft, subdued |
| Main Entry: | raucous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rowdy |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, disorderly, intemperate, rambunctious, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unruly |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, subdued |
| Main Entry: | boisterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noisy and mischievous |
| Synonyms: | clamorous, disorderly, effervescent, impetuous, loud, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, riotous, rollicking, rowdy, strident, tumultous/tumultuous, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, vociferous, wild, bouncy, brawling, vociferant |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, restrained, silent |
| Main Entry: | cacophonous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh sounding |
| Synonyms: | discordant, dissonant, grating, inharmonious, jarring, noisy, raucous, sour, strident, clinking, disharmonic, ill-sounding, immusical, jangly, unmusical |
| Antonyms: | quiet |
| Main Entry: | grating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating; scraping |
| Synonyms: | annoying, disagreeable, discordant, dissonant, dry, grinding, harsh, hoarse, irksome, jarring, offensive, rasping, raucous, rough, shrill, squeaky, strident, unpleasant, vexatious, displeasing, harsh-sounding, stridulent, stridulous |
| Antonyms: | pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | hoarse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | raspy in voice |
| Synonyms: | blatant, cracked, discordant, dry, grating, gruff, guttural, harsh, husky, indistinct, jarring, piercing, ragged, raucous, rough, scratching, strident, thick, throaty, uneven, whispering, breathy, croaking, croaky, croupy, gravelly, growling, squawking, stertorous, stridulous |
| Antonyms: | smooth, soft, soothing |
| Main Entry: | rambunctious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loud, energetic |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, noisy, raucous, rough, rowdy, rude, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unruly, termagant |
| Antonyms: | introverted, meek, quiet, shy |
| Main Entry: | rootin'-tootin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rowdy |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, disorderly, loud, loudmouthed, mischievous, noisy, rambunctious, raucous, unruly, uproarious, vigorous, wild |
| Main Entry: | rowdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boisterous, noisy |
| Synonyms: | disorderly, lawless, loud, loudmouthed, loutish, mischievous, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, rebellious, rough, roughhouse, rude, turbulent, unruly, uproarious, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate, quiet, restrained |
| Main Entry: | shrill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high-pitched, harsh in sound |
| Synonyms: | acute, blatant, cacophonous, deafening, discordant, earsplitting, high, metallic, noisy, penetrating, piercing, raucous, sharp, strident, thin, argute, blaring, clanging, clangorous, ear-piercing, piping, screeching, treble |
| Antonyms: | low, soft |
| Main Entry: | strident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh, shrill |
| Synonyms: | blatant, boisterous, clamorous, clashing, discordant, grating, hoarse, jarring, loud, noisy, obstreperous, rasping, raucous, squeaky, stentorian, vociferous, jangling, screeching, squawky, stertorous, stridulant, stridulous, unmusical, vociferant |
| Antonyms: | low, mild, moderate, soft |
| Main Entry: | tumultous/tumultuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused; in an uproar |
| Synonyms: | agitated, boisterous, clamorous, disorderly, disturbed, excited, fierce, hectic, irregular, lawless, noisy, obstreperous, passionate, raging, rambunctious, raucous, restless, riotous, rowdy, stormy, turbulent, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, vociferous, wild, rowdydowdy, rumbunctious, termagant |
| Antonyms: | calm, orderly, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | jeering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mocking |
| Synonyms: | raucous, scornful, yelling, taunting |
| Main Entry: | tumultuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | agitated, boisterous, clamorous, disorderly, disturbed, excited, fierce, hectic, irregular, lawless, noisy, obstreperous, passionate, raging, rambunctious, raucous, restless, riotous, rowdy, stormy, turbulent, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, vociferous, wild, rowdydowdy, rumbustious, termagant |
| Antonyms: | calm, orderly, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | rasping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hoarse |
| Synonyms: | grating, grinding, harsh, raucous, rough, stridulous |
| Main Entry: | harsh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, crude (to the senses) |
| Synonyms: | acrid, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, flat, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jarring, noisy, off-key*, rasping, raucous, rigid, rugged, rusty, severe, sharp, sour, strident, uneven, unrelenting, asperous, caterwauling, creaking, croaking, jangling, not smooth, out-of-key, out-of-tune, screeching, stridulous, tuneless, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical |
| Antonyms: | easy, gentle, mild, peaceful, pleasing, smooth, soft |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | husky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep, scratchy in sound |
| Synonyms: | gruff, guttural, harsh, hoarse, loud, rasping, raucous, rough, throaty, croaking, croaky, growling |
| Antonyms: | low, quiet, soft |
| Main Entry: | loud |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blaring, noisy |
| Synonyms: | big, blatant, boisterous, cacophonous, clamorous, deafening, deep, emphatic, forte, full, heavy, intense, lusty, obstreperous, piercing, powerful, rambunctious, raucous, resonant, rowdy, sonorous, stentorian, strident, strong, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious, vehement, vociferous, blustering, booming, crashing, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, full-mouthed, fulminating, high-sounding, loud-voiced, pealing, resounding, ringing, roaring, thundering, turned up, wakes the dead |
| Antonyms: | inaudible, low, quiet, soft, subdued |
| Main Entry: | disorderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing trouble; unlawful |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, disobedient, disruptive, drunk, fractious, intemperate, noisy, obstreperous, raucous, rebellious, refractory, riotous, rowdy, stormy, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, wayward, indisciplined, off-base, on-a-tear, out-of-line, out-of-order, termagant, uncompliant |
| Antonyms: | conforming, manageable, orderly, well-behaved, behaved, disciplined |
| Main Entry: | dissonant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unharmonious |
| Synonyms: | cacophonous, discordant, grating, harsh, inharmonious, jarring, raucous, strident, cacophonic, disharmonic, disharmonious, inharmonic, jangling, out of tune, tuneless, unmelodious, unmusical |
| Antonyms: | harmonious, concordant |
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