Raucous: alternatives and connections

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.

Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.

The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.

The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.

To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse.

To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.

The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A…

Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome.

Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposit…

To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by r…

That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.

Harsh; hard; severe; stern; rough.

Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.

the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses