哄然 hōngrán boisterous Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 哄 hōng adjectivenoun roar to roar as a crowd; the sound of many people laughing or talking at once; hubbub然 rán adverbadjective [state] Used as a suffix after an adjective or adverb to describe a state or manner, similar to the English suffix "-ly".