My brother has been much too rowdy lately.
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Rowdy
//ˈɹaʊdi//
Synonyms for "rowdy" (224 found)
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Strong matches (67)
clangorousclatterycloddishclownclownishcoarsecombatantcompetitorcontendercontestantcutthroatcutupdesperadodevildisputantdisruptiveduelistelfenfant terribleenforcer
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(5 words)
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loobyishloudloutloutishlow fellowlubberlylumpishmad dogmaffickingmilitantminxmisbehavingmischiefmischief makermischief-makermiscreantmuckermugnaughtynoiseful
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noisynot respectablenouveau richeobstreperousoff baseoff-baseout of lineout of orderout-of-lineparvenupeasantphilistinepixieplug uglyplug-uglypractical jokerpranksterpuckpunkquarrelerracketyraffishrambunctiousrampageousrapscallionrascalribaldrioterriotousrip roaringrip-roaringrivalrogueroisterousrollickingroughrough-and-tumbleroughneckrowdyishruffianlyrumbustioussabreurscampscapegracescrapperscufflerskinheadsquabblerstreetfighterstrepitantstrepitousstrong armstrong-arm manstrong-armerstrugglerswashbucklerswordswordplayerswordsmantermagantthugtiltertoughtumultuousturbulenttusslerunbehavingunseemlyuproariousupstartvociferousvulgarianvulgaristwagwildwrangleryahooyokelyokelish
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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6 entriesderived
5 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- груб adj (rough and disorderly)
- свадлив adj (rough and disorderly)
- грубиян noun (boisterous person)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏄᏁᎸᎾ adj (rough and disorderly)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 鬧哄哄 /闹哄哄 adj (rough and disorderly)
- 鬧事者 /闹事者 noun (boisterous person)
Czech
1 entries- výtržník noun (boisterous person)
Danish
1 entries- ballademager noun (boisterous person)
Finnish
2 entries- tappelupukari noun (boisterous person)
- öykkäri noun (boisterous person)
French
1 entries- chahuteur adj (rough and disorderly)
German
4 entries- aufrührerisch adj (rough and disorderly)
- polternd adj (rough and disorderly)
- ungeschlacht adj (rough and disorderly)
- ungestüm adj (rough and disorderly)
Hungarian
4 entries- balhés adj (rough and disorderly)
- garázda adj (rough and disorderly)
- verekedős adj (rough and disorderly)
- zavargó adj (rough and disorderly)
Italian
1 entries- chiassoso adj (rough and disorderly)
Jamaican Creole
1 entries- wild adj (rough and disorderly)
Japanese
1 entries- あばれんぼう noun (boisterous person)
Māori
2 entries- turituri adj (rough and disorderly)
- tīhoihoi adj (rough and disorderly)
Norwegian
1 entries- utagerende adj (rough and disorderly)
Polish
1 entries- awanturniczy adj (rough and disorderly)
Romanian
2 entries- huligan noun (boisterous person)
- scandalagiu noun (boisterous person)
Russian
3 entries- бу́йный adj (rough and disorderly)
- буя́н noun (boisterous person)
- хулига́н noun (boisterous person)
Swedish
3 entries- stökig adj (rough and disorderly)
- bråkmakare noun (boisterous person)
- bråkstake noun (boisterous person)
Tamil
1 entries- ரவுடி noun (boisterous person)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
These gatherings always get rowdy after hours, when the boss breaks out the single-malt scotch.
Source: tatoeba (718105)
Watch out for rowdy or drunk customers.
Source: tatoeba (1640964)
Sami was so rowdy.
Source: tatoeba (7208768)
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