as in boisterous
being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way
a rowdy but good-natured group of teenagers
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as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
rowdies had overtaken the neighborhood and were threatening people on the street
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Recent Examples of rowdy
Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 21 Dec. 2025
Love these always-rowdy elders at the retirement home.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Dec. 2025
Some cultures celebrate Krampusnacht by dressing as Krampus and holding a rowdy procession through town, according to Wipplinger.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The final blow came in Raleigh, where the Wolfpack and coach Dave Doeren were all too eager to stick it to the Tar Heels for a fifth straight year in front of a typically rowdy home crowd.
—CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
One of Stowers’ kills bounced off of the chest of Kentucky outside hitter and Topeka native Brooklyn DeLeye, igniting the rowdy 12th Man element in the stands.
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Cucinelli, speaking in boisterous Italian through a translator, recalls with a booming laugh.—
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There was also a boisterous celebration in Cleveland's locker room after the game.—
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Again, Maduro is a socialist thug.—
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This is the underworld that Michlewitz and the rest of his thug pals come out of, and will protect at all costs.—
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The San Francisco 49ers looked right at home in that environment, beating the Eagles 23-19 at a raucous Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Sunday.—
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Beyond New York, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization led raucous protests near the site of the killing soon after news spread of the shooting.—
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The first thing to do is to reduce the damage to the United States, the inflow of guns and criminals and immigrants and drugs into the United States, the destabilizing of a key part of the Western Hemisphere.—
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Also, place freezes with ChexSystems and the National Consumer Telecom and Utilities Exchange to stop criminals from opening bank accounts, phone lines, or utility services in his name.—
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In India’s rambunctious and frenetic political system, tinkering with the voter list attracts enormous scrutiny, and even litigation.—
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Rita described Francis as a rambunctious, smart kid who was doted on by his three little sisters.—
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Doing so with a CVS receipt-long injury list is all kinds of tough.—
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The surge coincides with his tough on crime takeover of DC.—
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Chabada For a livelier scene, head to the main drag along Platja de l’Arenal to find Chabada.—
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The style throughout, irrespective of category, is lively without being hectic, a pleasing postmodern blend of contemporary, midcentury, and roughly Victorian elements.—
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Stumpy the gangster, Bev the Mormon.—
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Metrotone Media’s Katharina Gellein Viken, meanwhile, revealed a new micro-drama in the works, a mockumentary about the making of a low-budget British gangster flick.—
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“Rowdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowdy. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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