rambunctious
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7.5
- adjective
- /ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs/
:
revoltoso
- At the birthday party, the rambunctious children ran around, laughing and playing games.
- rambunctious children
And so knowing that, you know, I still was a just a rambunctious bullheaded idiot kid.
- And so knowing that, you know, I still was a just a rambunctious bullheaded idiot kid.
- By far the most undisciplined, rambunctious team I've ever seen in my entire life.
- You know, it's just kind of like I was just rough, rugged and rambunctious.
- So it's right right around the, the footlocker time where we were maybe a little more rambunctious and a little fighty.
- I went from being a pretty precocious, rambunctious child to being a very awkward, very sad preteen.
- What have you heard that you know, I mean, people always would say that he might be a little rambunctious.
- So who I am, I am, I am a mom of of two very rambunctious, energetic boys that are now almost six and eight years old, which is sounds weird to say.
Examples
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He's always been a little rambunctious.
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Well, I m glad that your students aren t as rambunctious as Mitch was when he was a kid.
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Every bit as curious and rambunctious as I was.
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Yeah, west Texas boys could be quite rambunctious.
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So I'm feeling a little rambunctious.
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Fast Eddie gets a little rambunctious.
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Ever since she got out of college, she's been too rambunctious to live with.
Blog text (31) -
The scribe went on to note the English couple's struggle to deal with their more rambunctious dogs.
Academic text (2016) -
Of course, Seattle was a rambunctious place when compared with staid Boston.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her five rambunctious older brothers spoiled her rotten and kept things hopping at family gatherings.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
Badly behaved or not following rules, usually a child
41
4.3
Difficult to control and messy or noisy
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3.6
Making a lot of noise and disturbing other people
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4.6
Too full of energy and hard to calm or control
18
4.7
Loud and energetic, like a happy crowd or party
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9.9
Being hard to control and easily annoyed, often causing trouble
3
7.3
Energetic and rough, not following usual rules
3
9.9
Very noisy and hard to control, like a loud crowd
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9.9
Being noisy and energetic without control
1
7.5
Being very lively or excited in a way that feels too much
Loud and lively in a rough, out of control way
Loud and lively in a wild way
To become easily excited and react strongly to small things
Antonyms
10
4.2
Acting in a controlled, orderly way and following rules because of training or self-control
How Rambunctious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word rambunctious probably grew from the older playful word rumbustious, which meant 'noisy' and wild, and it also sounds like ram ('to push') and bouncy ('energetic'), so a helpful way to remember it is someone who pushes and bounces around. That's why rambunctious means noisy, energetic, and hard to control.