Boisterous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Rough and stormy; violent.
  • adj. Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline. See Synonyms at vociferous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
  • adj. Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
  • adj. Having or resembling animal exuberance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
  • adj. Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.
  • adj. Noisy; rough; turbulent.
  • adj. Vehement; excessive.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rough; coarse; stout; stiff.
  • Rough and massive; bulky; cumbrous; clumsy.
  • Rough in operation or action; violent; vehement.
  • Rough and stormy: applied to the weather, the waves, etc.
  • Exposed to the turbulence of the elements: as, a boisterous headland; a boisterous passage.
  • Fierce; savage; truculent; full of violence: as, boisterous war.
  • Turbulent; rough and noisy; clamorous: applied to persons or their actions: as, a boisterous man; boisterous merriment; a boisterous game.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
  • adj. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  • adj. violently agitated and turbulent
  • Equivalent
    spirited    disorderly    stormy   
    Antonym
    calm    motionless    silent   
    Cross Reference
    rough    clamorous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stormy    loud    noisy    tumultuous    furious    turbulent    vehement    violent    roaring    impetuous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    noisy    joyous    tumultuous    riotous    jovial    hearty    merry    stormy    impetuous    raucous