Definition of boisterous Boisterous
/bɔjˈstɚʌs/ - [boysterus] - bois•ter•ous
We found 13 definitions of boisterous from 5 different sources.
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What does boisterous mean?
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| boisterous - violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" | ||
| fierce, rough | ||
| stormy (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas" | ||
| boisterous - noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class" | ||
| rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly | ||
| disorderly undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct" | ||
| boisterous - full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" | ||
| knockabout | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- boisterous (a.)
Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful. - boisterous (a.)
Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy. - boisterous (a.)
Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior. - boisterous (a.)
Vehement; excessive.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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boisterous
Not controlled or not in compliance with the norms of good education or decency. -
boisterous
Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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boisterous
bois′tėr-us, adj. wild: noisy: turbulent: stormy.—adv. Bois′terously.—n. Bois′terousness. [M. E. boistous, approximating, but not in sense, to the O. Fr. boisteus, whence modern boiteux, lame. The Celtic words throw no light upon its origin.]
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