boisterous (s)
rambunctious (s)
robustious (s)
rumbustious (s)
unruly (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
examples 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
Outgoing links
Similar to disorderly
Derivationally related form unruly → unruliness
Derivationally related form boisterous → boisterousness
Incoming links
Similar to disorderly
Derivationally related form unruliness → unruly
Derivationally related form boisterousness → boisterous

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