as in boisterous
being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way
that beach is often taken over by packs of rambunctious young people, so don't go there expecting peace and quiet
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Recent Examples of rambunctious
The explosive electronic backdrops — crafted by a bevy of the subgenre’s most potent stars, including Frost Children, 8485, Underscores and Jane Remover — fit Danny Brown’s rambunctious and maximalist flow like a glove.
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Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
The rallies feature rambunctious energy.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
From there, Olympian water polo player Ashleigh Johnson assumes the roles of beloved figures such as Prince, Tommie Smith, Serena Williams, and Amanda Gorman as Public Enemy’s members trade bars over a rambunctious guitar loop.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Kitchen ran into a rambunctious group of rhesus macaques who decided to cause waves during her quiet kayak ride by cannonballing from the trees of Silver Springs State Park into the clear waters below.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rambunctious
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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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At startup, the flat-six engine’s titanium exhaust sounds rowdier than that of the average 911, but is modulated enough to make long drives untaxing.—
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While Gauthier and the Ducks were shut out, Drysdale netted a goal and an assist, much to the delight of the rowdy fans on hand.—
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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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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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Around this time, the outfit’s quirky, lightly rumbustious songs began to resonate across British press and radio; accessible while containing a marked dose of strangeness, Fontaine’s songwriting – at once emotionally raw and witty – boasted a strong multi-generational appeal.—
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The movie is both exquisite and rumbustious, stylized and energized.—
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His lightning guitar work — alongside a mandolinist, fiddler, upright-bassist and banjo player who are not too shabby on their respective strings themselves — delivered a rollicking half-hour that gave the fans in the bleachers plenty to dance to.—
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Joy’s jazzy, smoky version of the Marvin Gaye classic, coupled with her velvety vocals, sparked another rollicking ovation led by John who was the first to stand up.—
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Simons also emphasized that December jobs data are among the noisiest of the year and should not be over-interpreted.—
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And then there is the noisy parade of vehicles passing nearby on their way to who knows what?—
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Safavi said the blackout coincided with violent confrontations in several regions.—
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Parallel societies in certain urban areas and rising violent crime statistics linked to some migrant cohorts in countries such as Sweden and Germany led to the dramatic rise of populist and patriotic parties across the continent, from France to Italy to the Netherlands.—
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“Rambunctious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rambunctious. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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