boisterous

boisterous is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
2. adjective. Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.
3. adjective. Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.
4. adjective. Vehement; excessive.
5. adjective. violently agitated and turbulent- Ezra Pound

   "boisterous winds and waves"

   "the fierce thunders roar me their music"

   Synonyms: fierce, rough

6. adjective. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

   "a boisterous crowd"

   "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"

   Synonyms: rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly

7. adjective. full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

   "boisterous practical jokes"

   "knockabout comedy"

   Synonyms: knockabout

Synonyms

fierce, rough, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly, knockabout

Common word forms

boisterously, boisterousness

Words from these letters

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