raucous

Day 12Level 2

RAW-kuhs

harshly loud

rough and unpleasant (of sound)

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

rough, jarring, raspy

Antonyms:

soft, mellow, dulcet

Example Sentence:

I left Charette, and moved south to the Etang du Milieu where a chorus of marsh frogs greeted me with their raucous croaking.

Related Words

active

AJ-uhl

active; quick-moving

reserved

uh-LOOF

reserved, indifferent

hostility

an-TAG-uh-niz-uhm

hostility; strong opposition

traitor

uh-PAHS-tayt

one who abandons a long-held religious or political path; traitor

to attack

uh-SAYL

to attack violently, especially with arguments

drunken

bak-uh-NEYL-yuh

involving large amounts of alcohol ; pertaining to revelry