rowdy
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈraʊdi/
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alborotador
- The rowdy group of fans cheered loudly, disrupting the event.
Examples
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Local officials pressured Cardinals to choose an Italian Pope, while rowdy mobs raided the conclave and plundered the papal wine cellar.
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Men are such rowdies.
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Damn rowdies from town gone crazy.
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Something had to be done about the rowdies.
Fiction book (1991) -
At night, rowdies began gathering.
Fiction book (1991) -
We were a bunch of rowdies, Jo Ann.
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They were being rowdy and cursing the Russians, and then Russian soldiers showed up and shot at them, killing one of them and arresting another.
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Sometimes it takes a minute, especially if your job is to keep the rowdies under control—especially late at night.
Fiction book (1991) -
At the party, the rowdies caused quite a scene, shouting and dancing wildly.
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He tried to ignore the rowdies in the back of the bus who were making a ruckus.
Synonyms
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6.3
A violent or noisy person who causes trouble in public, often at sports events
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6.7
A person who talks too much, often loudly, and reveals private things
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6.2
A person who fights roughly in places like bars
A person who acts violently or causes trouble in public
A person who uses violence or threats to frighten others
A person who behaves roughly and makes trouble
Behaving in a noisy, cheeky way that ignores rules
A person who behaves loudly and wildly at parties
A person who is lively and loud at social events
A person who shouts in a violent or angry way when talking
A person who makes loud, joyful noise at celebrations to excite people
Antonyms
How Rowdy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun rowdy comes from the old word row meaning 'a noisy fight or argument'. So a rowdy is 'a person who behaves in a loud, rough, or disruptive way', someone who makes a disturbance.