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Raucous vs Shrill - What's the difference?

raucous | shrill |

As adjectives the difference between raucous and shrill

is that raucous is harsh and rough-sounding while shrill is high-pitched and piercing.

As a verb shrill is

to make a shrill noise.

As a noun shrill is

a shrill sound.

raucous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Harsh and rough-sounding.
    • At night, raucous sounds come from the swamp.
  • Disorderly and boisterous.
    • Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2014
    • , date=November 14 , author=Stephen Halliday , title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero , work=The Scotsman citation , page= , passage=In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic.}}
  • Loud and annoying.
    • the new neighbors had a raucous party.

    Related terms

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    Synonyms

    * (disorderly and boisterous) (l)

    shrill

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • High-pitched and piercing.
    • She spoke in a shrill voice.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give / To sounds confused.
  • * Byron
    • Let winds be shrill , let waves roll high.
  • Sharp or keen to the senses.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a shrill noise.
  • * Spenser
    • Break we our pipes, that shrill'd loud as lark.
  • * Goldsmith
    • No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
  • * L. Wallace
    • His voice shrilled with passion.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shrill sound.
    • (Spenser)