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Definitions for boisterous
ˈbɔɪ stər əs, -strəsbois·ter·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unrulyadjective
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"
boisterous, knockaboutadjective
full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
"boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"
boisterous, fierce, roughadjective
violently agitated and turbulent
"boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
Wiktionary
boisterousadjective
Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
boisterousadjective
Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
boisterousadjective
Having or resembling animal exuberance.
Etymology: from boistous, from bustous, perhaps from boitous
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
BOISTEROUSadjective
Etymology: byster, furious, Dutch.
By a divine instinct, men’s minds mistrust
Ensuing danger; as by proof we see
The waters swell before a boisterous storm. William Shakespeare, R. III.As when loud winds a well-grown oak would rend
Up by the roots, this way and that they bend
His reeling trunk, and with a boist’rous sound
Scatter his leaves, and strew them on the ground. Edmund Waller.Spirit of peace,
Wherefore do you so ill translate yourself
Out of the speech of peace, that bears such grace,
Into the harsh and boist’rous tongue of war? William Shakespeare, H. IV.His sweetness won a more regard
Unto his place, than all the boist’rous moods
That ignorant greatness practiseth. Ben Jonson, Catiline.God, into the hands of their deliverer,
Puts invincible might,
To quell the mighty of the earth, th’ oppressor,
The brute and boist’rous force of violent men. John Milton.Still must I beg thee not to name Sempronius:
Lucia; I like not that loud boisterous man. Joseph Addison, Cato.His boisterous club, so buried in the ground,
He could not rearen up again so light,
But that the knight him at avantage found. Fairy Q. b. i.When the sun hath gained a greater strength, the heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for them. Natural History.
ChatGPT
boisterous
Boisterous refers to something or someone that is noisy, energetic, and cheerfully or lively to an excessive or unrestrained degree. It can be associated with actions and behavior that are exuberant, high-spirited, rowdy, or wildly and unpredictably noisy.
Webster Dictionary
Boisterousadjective
rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful
Boisterousadjective
exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy
Boisterousadjective
noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior
Boisterousadjective
vehement; excessive
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Boisterous
bois′tėr-us, adj. wild: noisy: turbulent: stormy.—adv. Bois′terously.—n. Bois′terousness. [M. E. boistous, approximating, but not in sense, to the O. Fr. boisteus, whence modern boiteux, lame. The Celtic words throw no light upon its origin.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of boisterous in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of boisterous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of boisterous in a Sentence
Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have lived have forced me to commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions.
The crowds are loud, boisterous, they love the marathon, they hang out, cheer. It's a good day for everybody.
These videos are private and filmed in a private space. I resent that these became known to the public, i spent a night with my friends. We just partied, also in a boisterous way. I danced and sang.
I spent a night with my friends. We just partied, also in a boisterous way. I danced and sang.
I saw the beginning of the argument [between the girls], the girls were definitely getting really boisterous with each other and using belligerent terms. It's sad.
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- عاصفArabic
- буен, бурен, шуменBulgarian
- escandalós, sorollósCatalan, Valencian
- ausgelassen, ungestüm, tosend, stürmischGerman
- bruemaEsperanto
- ruidoso, escandaloso, salvajeSpanish
- tapageur, turbulente, bruyant, turbulentFrench
- féktelenHungarian
- turbolente, tempestoso, esuberante, chiassosoItalian
- うるさい, 騒々しい, 賑やか, 喧しいJapanese
- tūperepere, tuarangarangaMāori
- stormachtig, driestDutch
- hałaśliwyPolish
- неистовый, шумный, буйный, бурный, шумливыйRussian
- bučan, razigran, neobuzdanSerbo-Croatian
- stormigSwedish
- biển độngVietnamese
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