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boisterous definition
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Grep of noun boisterous boisterousness Overview of adj boisterous The adj boisterous has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly -- (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") 2. boisterous, knockabout -- (full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy") 3. boisterous, fierce, rough -- (violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas") Antonyms of adj boisterous 3 senses of boisterous Sense 1 boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly INDIRECT (VIA disorderly) -> orderly Sense 2 boisterous, knockabout INDIRECT (VIA spirited) -> spiritless Sense 3 boisterous, fierce, rough INDIRECT (VIA stormy) -> calm Similarity of adj boisterous 3 senses of boisterous Sense 1 boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly => disorderly (vs. orderly) Sense 2 boisterous, knockabout => spirited (vs. spiritless) Sense 3 boisterous, fierce, rough => stormy (vs. calm) Attributes of adj boisterous Familiarity of adj boisterous boisterous used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj boisterous boisterous Overview of adj boisterous The adj boisterous has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly -- (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") 2. boisterous, knockabout -- (full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy") 3. boisterous, fierce, rough -- (violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas")
boisterous definition
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