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Boisterous

Boisterous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Boisterous? [adj] violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [adj] noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class" [adj] full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Boisterous: disorderly \| fierce \| knockabout \| rambunctious \| robustious \| rough \| rumbustious \| spirited \| stormy \| unruly Related Terms \| Find terms related to Boisterous: blaring \| blatant \| blatting \| blustering \| blusterous \| blustery \| brassy \| brawling \| brazen \| bullying \| clamant \| clamorous \| clamoursome \| clanging \| clangorous \| clattery \| disorderly \| exuberant \| harum-scarum \| hectoring \| knockabout \| knock-down-and-drag-out \| lively \| loudmouthed \| mafficking \| multivocal \| noiseful \| noisy \| obstreperous \| openmouthed \| rackety \| raging \| rambunctious \| rampageous \| ranting \| raucous \| raving \| riotous \| rip-roaring \| roistering \| roisterous \| rollicking \| rough \| rough-and-tumble \| rowdy \| rowdyish \| storming \| stormy \| strepitant \| strepitous \| strident \| swaggering \| swashbuckling \| swashing \| tempestuous \| termagant \| tumultuous \| turbulent \| undisciplined \| unruly \| uproarious \| vociferant \| vociferous \| wild See Also \| Boisterous In Webster's Dictionary \Bois"ter*ous\, a. [OE. boistous; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity, bwystus ferocious.] 1. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful. [Obs.] ``Boisterous sword.'' ``Boisterous hand.'' --Shak. 2. Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy. The waters swell before a boisterous storm. --Shak. The brute and boisterous force of violent men. --Milton. 3. Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior. I like not that loud, boisterous man. --Addison. 4. Vehement; excessive. [R.] The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for them. --Woodward. Syn: Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement.

Boisterous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Boisterous?

[adj] violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
[adj] noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"
[adj] full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"

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Boisterous In Webster's Dictionary

\Bois"ter*ous\, a. [OE. boistous; of uncertain
origin; cf. W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity,
bwystus ferocious.]
1. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
   [Obs.] ``Boisterous sword.'' ``Boisterous hand.'' --Shak.

2. Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy
   turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.

         The waters swell before a boisterous storm. --Shak.

         The brute and boisterous force of violent men.
                                               --Milton.

3. Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous
   behavior.

         I like not that loud, boisterous man. --Addison.

4. Vehement; excessive. [R.]

         The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for
         them.                                 --Woodward.

Syn: Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious;
     tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement.

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