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Boisterous Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Boisterous has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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"

2

full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

"boisterous practical jokes"

"knockabout comedy"

3

violently agitated and turbulent

"boisterous winds and waves"

"the fierce thunders roar me their music"

"rough weather"

"rough seas"

4

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.

Example Sentences
"a boisterous crowd" adjective
"a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand" adjective
"a robustious group of teenagers" adjective
"beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings" adjective
"an unruly class" adjective
"boisterous practical jokes" adjective
"knockabout comedy" adjective
"boisterous winds and waves" adjective
"the fierce thunders roar me their music" adjective
"rough weather" adjective
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Rhyming Words
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