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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boisterous \Bois"ter*ous\, a. [OE. boistous; of uncertain origin; cf W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity, bwystus ferocious.] 1. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful. [Obs.] ``Boisterous sword.'' ``Boisterous hand.'' --Shak. 2. Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy. The waters swell before a boisterous storm. --Shak. The brute and boisterous force of violent men. --Milton. 3. Noisy; rough; turbulent; as boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior. I like not that loud, boisterous man. --Addison. 4. Vehement; excessive. [R.] The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for them --Woodward. Syn: Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: boisterous adj 1: 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" [syn: {rambunctious}, {robustious}, {rumbustious}, {unruly}] 2: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" [syn: {knockabout}] 3: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: {fierce}, {rough}]
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