rowdy
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˈraʊdi/
:
alborotado
- The party became quite rowdy as more guests arrived and the music got louder.
- rowdy behavior
- get rowdy
It is going to be a rowdy couple of shows.
- It is going to be a rowdy couple of shows.
- But they are rowdy and even criminal.
- And girls are sweet and sedentary and boys are rowdy and mean.
- But, you know, just maybe a little bit bit loud and rowdy.
- But some of them are like, very rowdy.
- And then we, you know, we just got rowdy and then we got them to like get on stage together.
- I'll just say this, the black players lot more rowdy.
- So it just amped up practice even more these LA kids, but these LA kids going rowdy out there.
- I feel like just very like rowdy fun like yeah, let's hang for a beer later.
Examples
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The students were rowdy, inattentive, and did not seem interested in learning.
Academic text (2015) -
It is going to be a rowdy couple of shows.
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And then we, you know, we just got rowdy and then we got them to like get on stage together.
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Look at this rowdy bunch!
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Things have gotten pretty rowdy.
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It was pretty rowdy in a good way.
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Usually they're not too rowdy, but tonight something was going on.
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We are a creative, productive, rowdy learning space where shushing rarely happens and kids are our number-one customers.
Academic text (2012) -
Back by popular demand, please give a big, rowdy welcome, everyone's favorite mascot, AuzMan!
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Bibi and I had known each other as undergraduates, floormates in a large, rowdy coed dorm.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
57
5.8
Causing trouble that interrupts normal activity
41
4.3
Difficult to control and messy or noisy
34
4.4
Behaving badly and not following rules
31
7.1
Making a loud, rough, and unpleasant sound that hurts your ears
18
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
3
7.3
Energetic and rough, not following usual rules
3
9.9
Very noisy and hard to control, like a loud crowd
2
7.9
Noisy violent behavior in public that is out of control
1
9.9
Noisy and disorderly like a busy crowd at a festival
Loud and lively in a rough, out of control way
Loud and lively in a wild way
Very loud and rough, like an old bus or a noisy crowd
Behaving in a noisy, cheeky way that ignores rules
Antonyms
How Rowdy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rowdy comes from the old word row meaning 'a noisy fight or argument', not the 'row' that means 'to move a boat'. People used row to talk about loud, rough scenes, and adding -y made it mean 'full of that noise'. So rowdy means 'noisy and rough', which is why we use it for loud, disorderly people or crowds.