boisterousness
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- noun
- /ˈbɔɪstərəsnəs/
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- Memoirs suggest that settling down to sleep would often be delayed by boisterousness, including fights over the soft bolster used to divide the bed.
Examples
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Despite the boisterousness of the crowd, the speaker delivered his message clearly.
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Week by week, though, it became clear that Levine was enjoying our group enormously, and the class developed both intimacy and boisterousness.
Academic text (2013) -
Though I think I wouldn't have kids even if I hadn't heard this stuff growing up, we didn't have much of an extended family, and people I know who do have kids are from big families and are used to a certain boisterousness and were brought up with a "go with the flow" attitude.
Blog text (28) -
Mark's voice bellowed at close range, his natural boisterousness amplified by the alcohol that glowed in the veins of his face.
Fiction book (1997) -
The birthday party was filled with laughter and boisterousness as the children played games.
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The team celebrated their victory with boisterousness, cheering and dancing in the streets.
Synonyms
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4.5
Noisy, rough behavior that causes trouble
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8.0
A noisy, energetic way of behaving that is hard to control
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7.5
Loud, rough, and noisy behavior that disturbs others
A loud, constant noise that makes it hard to think
A lively, cheerful energy that people cannot hold back
Antonyms
How Noisy
Surface Forms
Morphology
boisterousness = boisterous (semi-transparent) = boister + ous + ness
Forming a noun with '-ness' from the adjective 'boisterous' is a regular and predictable derivation.
Etymology
The word boisterousness comes from an old word that meant 'rough' or 'violent', and you can remember it like the familiar word bustle, which brings to mind loud, busy movement. So boisterousness means loud, lively behavior that shows little control.