robustious
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9.9
- adjective
- /roʊˈbʌstʃəs/
- Archaic
:
ruidoso
- The robustious children played in the park, shouting and laughing without a care in the world.
Examples
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His robustious laughter echoed through the room, making it hard for anyone to concentrate.
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O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious, periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to split the ears of the groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise.
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During the party, the atmosphere became robustious as everyone danced and sang along to the music.
Synonyms
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4.3
Difficult to control and messy or noisy
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4.7
Loud and energetic, like a happy crowd or party
13
7.5
Very noisy and full of energy that is hard to control
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9.9
Being hard to control and easily annoyed, often causing trouble
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9.9
Very noisy and hard to control, like a loud crowd
Loud and lively in a rough, out of control way
Loud and lively in a wild way
Antonyms
10
4.2
Acting in a controlled, orderly way and following rules because of training or self-control
How Boisterous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Robustious comes from the simple word robust, which means 'strong', with the ending -ious that turns it into a describing word. So a robustious person or crowd feels very strong and full of energy, often acting loud, rough, and hard to control.