Boisterous
['bɒɪst(ə)rəs] or ['bɔɪstərəs]
Definition
(adj.) violently agitated and turbulent; 'boisterous winds and waves'; 'the fierce thunders roar me their music'- Ezra Pound; 'rough weather'; 'rough seas' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; 'boisterous practical jokes'; 'knockabout comedy' .
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Definition
(a.) Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
(a.) Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.
(a.) Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.
(a.) Vehement; excessive.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Roaring, loud, stormy.[2]. Noisy, furious, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent, impetuous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Loud, violent, unrestrained, tempestuous, stormy, uncontrolled, intemperate
ANT:Peaceful, calm, serene, selfpossessed
Typist: Nigel
Definition
adj. wild: noisy: turbulent: stormy.—adv. Bois′terously.—n. Bois′terousness.
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Examples
- She did not mind meeting any number of girls, loud spoken and boisterous though they might be. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I von't,' replied Mr. Weller, in a somewhat boisterous manner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She hid herself once more in the ladies' waiting-room, and fancied every noise was Leonards' step--every loud and boisterous voice was his. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The wind began to get boisterous. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Miss Violet's tastes were, on the contrary, more rude and boisterous than those of her sister. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Baron Ungern-Sternberg, a boisterous, whole-souled old nobleman, came with the rest. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I said: She is not tall, she is short; she is not beautiful, she is homely; she is graceful enough, I grant, but she is rather boisterous. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We got an open barouche and a wild, boisterous driver, and set out. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And after the boisterous dulness of the mess-table, the quarrels and scandal of the ladies of the regiment! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Boisterous was the welcome given by the stewardess to the Watsonsand great was the bustle made in their honour. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At this the serjeant's clerk laughed again--not a noisy boisterous laugh, but a silent, internal chuckle, which Mr. Pickwick disliked to hear. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The latter part of this speech, was hailed by a boisterous shout from all the hopeful pupils of the merry old gentleman. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A little too boisterous--like the sea. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Any body's and every body's notion of a pleasure excursion is that the parties to it will of a necessity be young and giddy and somewhat boisterous. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was one of those not infrequent days of an English June which are as wet and boisterous as November. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Everybody was dancing, there was the most boisterous turmoil. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was kind to her also in his bluff, boisterous fashion, and on the whole they seemed to be a happy couple. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The yelling and shouting, and whipping and galloping, of all parties interested, made it an exhilarating, exciting, and particularly boisterous race. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was a bleak and boisterous night and the wind whistled shrilly down the long street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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