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1. (adj.) boisterous
rough and noisy:
boisterous laughter.
2. boisterous
(of waves, wind, etc.) turbulent and stormy.
3. boisterous
Obs. coarse and massive.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME boistrous, ME boistous crude)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly
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. (adj) boisterous, knockabout
full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
"boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"
3. (adj) boisterous, fierce, rough
violently agitated and turbulent
"boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) boisterous
rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful
2. (adj) boisterous
exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy
3. (adj) boisterous
noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior
4. (adj) boisterous
vehement; excessive
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Sense: wild and noisy
a boisterous child.
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 Afrikaans: bombasties |
 Arabic: عاصِفٌ، شَديد |
 Bulgarian: буен |
 Brazilian: barulhento |
 Czech: divoký, hlučný |
 German: ungestüm |
 Danish: støjende |
 Greek: ζωηρός και θορυβώδης |
 Spanish: alborotador |
 Estonian: pöörane |
 Farsi: پر سر و صدا؛ خروشان |
 Finnish: riehakas |
 French: turbulent |
 Hebrew: רוֹעֵש וְעָלִיז |
 Hindi: ऊधमी |
 Croatian: žestok |
 Hungarian: féktelen |
 Indonesian: ribut, ramai |
 Icelandic: fyrirgangssamur, hávaðasa |
 Italian: turbolento |
 Japanese: 荒々しく騒々しい |
 Korean: 시끄러운 |
 Lithuanian: triukšmingas, veržlus |
 Latvian: trokšņains; trakulīgs |
 Malay: buas dan bising |
 Dutch: onstuimig |
 Norwegian: bråkete, støyende |
 Polish: hałaśliwy, niesforny |
 Persian: پر سر و صدا؛ خروشان |
 Pashto: غالمغال |
 Portuguese: barulhento |
 Romanian: gălăgios, neastâmpărat |
 Russian: шумливый |
 Slovak: samopašný |
 Slovenian: razposajen |
 Serbian: plahovit |
 Swedish: bullersam, stojig |
 Thai: เอะอะ |
 Turkish: yaygaracı, şamatacı |
 Taiwanese: 吵鬧的，活潑的 |
 Ukrainian: нестямний, шумливий |
 Urdu: شوروغل کرنے والا ، تیز تن |
 Vietnamese: huyên náo |
 Chinese: 喧闹的，吵吵嚷嚷的 |
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