Meaning of boisterous in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈbɔɪst(ə)rəs/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   boisterous

   Definitions

   1. 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 or »

   Synonyms

   • disorderly
2. 2. full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

   Examples

   • « boisterous practical jokes »
   • « knockabout comedy »

   Synonyms

   • spirited
3. 3. violently agitated and turbulent

   Examples

   • « boisterous winds and waves »
   • « the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound »
   • « rough weather »
   • « rough seas »

   Synonyms

   • stormy