boisterous
Meaning of boisterous
- noisy, energetic, and cheerful.
a group of boisterous lads
late Middle English (in the sense ‘rough, stiff’): variant of earlier boistuous ‘rustic, coarse, boisterous’, of unknown origin.
Information about boisterous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of boisterous
bois-ter-ous
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- boisterous is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
boisterous synonyms
Meaning rambunctious:
rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly
Meaning knockabout:
Meaning fierce:
Meaning (of a place or atmosphere) full of activity and excitement:
Meaning engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits:
Meaning full of life or excitement; lively:
Meaning full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness:
Meaning full of energy, enthusiasm, and determination:
Meaning bouncing or causing things to bounce:
Meaning playful and full of energy:
Meaning very enthusiastic and eager:
Meaning excessively excited:
Meaning cheerful and full of energy:
Meaning full of energy and life:
Meaning noisy and disorderly:
Meaning (of sea or the weather) rough and stormy:
Meaning characterized by or provoking loud noise or uproar:
Meaning not restrained or restricted:
Meaning lacking in discipline; uncontrolled in behaviour or manner:
Meaning expressing one's feelings or thoughts unselfconsciously and without restraint:
Meaning not controlled:
Meaning having been deserted or left:
Meaning (especially of a child or animal) play roughly and energetically:
Meaning exuberantly lively and amusing:
Meaning involving or contributing to a breakdown of peaceful and law-abiding behaviour:
Meaning characterized by wild and uncontrolled behaviour:
Meaning enjoy oneself or celebrate in a noisy or boisterous way:
Meaning excited, confused, or disorderly:
Meaning making or given to making a lot of noise:
Meaning producing or capable of producing much noise:
Meaning making a loud and confused noise:
Meaning characterized by or making a continuous loud banging or ringing sound:
boisterous antonyms
Meaning making little or no noise:
Meaning characterized by reserve or moderation; unemotional or dispassionate:
Translation of boisterous
- German: wild, ungezogen, unbändig, ungestüm
- Italian: scomposto, violento, chiassoso, irruento, burrascoso, scatenato
- French: turbulent, violent
- Spanish: bullicioso, bulliciosa, borrascoso
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