rackety

/ˈrækɪti/

ADJECTIVE

1. Making loud, unpleasant, or disorderly noise

Producing or characterized by loud, confused, or disruptive sounds; noisy, rowdy, or boisterous.

1.1. Loud and disruptive noise

Describing something that makes a great deal of loud, unpleasant, or uncontrolled noise.

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Examples

  • The children made a rackety noise while playing in the garden.
  • Despite the rackety environment, she managed to concentrate on her studies.
  • We could hear the rackety sound of the old train as it passed through the town.

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1.2. Rowdy and boisterous behavior

Describing people, gatherings, or activities characterized by loud, energetic, disorderly, or unruly behavior.

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Examples

  • The neighborhood became lively and rackety during the annual street festival.
  • They lived in a fairly rackety household filled with parties and noisy visitors.

Related Words

  • revelry
  • merrymaking
  • carousing
  • rowdiness
  • boisterousness
  • uproar
  • commotion

ADJECTIVE

2. Characterized by lively social activity or revelry

Marked by an energetic, socially lively, and sometimes mildly dissolute lifestyle involving excitement, partying, or excessive entertainment.

2.1. A lively or pleasure-seeking lifestyle

Describing a person, household, or way of life that is socially active, full of excitement, partying, or occasional excess.

Synonyms

  • boisterous
  • uproarious
  • rowdy
  • dissolute
  • riotous
  • wild
  • unrestrained
  • high-spirited
  • merry
  • convivial
  • revelrous

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Examples

  • He was known for his rackety lifestyle and frequent late-night parties.
  • She preferred a quiet home to the rackety social scene of the city.

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