raucous
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Synonyms & Antonyms for raucous
Synonyms
boisterous, hell-raising, knockabout, rambunctious, robustious, roisterous, rollicking, rowdy, rumbustious [chiefly British]
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In a raucous and emotional display, about two dozen protesters disrupted the Assembly hearing when the chair, Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego, announced that the committee had advanced SB276. — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, "11th-hour deal paves way for bill to end rent gouging in state," 30 Aug. 2019 The food smoke smells better and the behavior turns a little raucous. — Los Angeles Times, "‘Burning Man in the South Bay’: A crazy beach party aglow with bonfires and tradition," 29 Aug. 2019 The native bird life was raucous, brilliant colored and poetically named—lousy jacks, mulga parrots, rosellas, willy wagtails and lorikeets. — David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian, "A 42,000-Year-Old Man Finally Goes Home," 23 Aug. 2019 Levin’s tone was civil but the town hall quickly turned raucous, with some in the crowd occasionally shouting at Morris. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Nuclear Regulatory Commission hosts a raucous town hall about San Onofre operations," 21 Aug. 2019 That’s why the majority of the program’s top targets will be on campus for the first two home games, as opposed to, say, home games against Michigan State, Notre Dame and Ohio State, where the atmosphere could potentially be more raucous. — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan basketball expects huge recruiting weekends to start football season. Here's why," 8 Aug. 2019 The joint is no-frills, casual and a little raucous with a young drinking crowd. — Dominic Armato, azcentral, "These are the best restaurants in Tempe," 6 Aug. 2019 As day broke, the streets in the normally raucous French Quarter tourist district were largely empty and barely damp. — Fox News, "Barry makes landfall in Louisiana after weakening back to tropical storm," 13 July 2019 There, raucous supporters, some Walmart associates -- and some who weren't -- surrounded the senator. — Cara Korte, CBS News, "Bernie Sanders tells shareholders Walmart pays "starvation wages"," 5 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'raucous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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