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单词 boisterousness
释义

boisterous

adjective

bois·​ter·​ous ˈbȯi-st(ə-)rəs How to pronounce boisterous (audio)
1
a
: noisily turbulent : rowdy
b
: marked by or expressive of exuberance and high spirits
2
: stormy, tumultuous
3
obsolete
a
: coarse
b
: durable, strong
c
: massive
boisterously adverb
boisterousness noun

Synonyms

  • hell-raising
  • knockabout
  • rambunctious
  • raucous
  • robustious
  • roisterous
  • rollicking
  • rowdy
  • rumbustious [chiefly British]
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Example Sentences

The crowd was young and boisterous, the cheeseburgers were juicy and perfectly charred, and the place was always packed. Jonathan Black, Saveur, October 2007 Things had apparently gotten a little too boisterous during the Northern Ohio Girls Soccer League games. And it wasn't the kids. Fed up with noisy, know-it-all parents, the league banned cheering and jeering from the sidelines for one game, which they dubbed Silent Sunday. Kate Rounds, Ms., December 1999/January 2000 Suzanne Massie, boisterous and voluble as we drove through her adopted neighborhood in St. Petersburg, hurtled to a sudden stop. She was laughing uproariously to see the spot, where five years earlier, her rented car had fallen apart … Christopher Lydon, Atlantic, February 1993 A large and boisterous crowd attended the concert. the fans at the baseball game became particularly boisterous after the home run
Recent Examples on the Web Frances Tiafoe became the first American man to reach the US Open semifinals since 2006 by beating Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 behind the backing of a boisterous partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday. Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Frances Tiafoe became the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006 by beating Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 behind the backing of a boisterous partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday. Howard Fendrich, ajc, 7 Sep. 2022 Frances Tiafoe became the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006 by beating Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 behind the backing of a boisterous partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday. Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Frances Tiafoe became the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006 by beating Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 behind the backing of a boisterous crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday. CBS News, 7 Sep. 2022 Marylander Frances Tiafoe became the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006 by beating Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 behind the backing of a boisterous partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday. Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2022 Frances Tiafoe became the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006 by beating Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 in front of a boisterous crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday. Howard Fendrich, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2022 The boisterous crowd got to its feet applauding Williams, including Tiger Woods who triumphantly pumped his fist alongside her family. Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 On Twitter, critics and chefs wrote tributes to her charm and boisterous personality. Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 26 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English boistous crude, clumsy, from Anglo-French

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a

Kids Definition

boisterous

adjective

bois·​ter·​ous ˈbȯi-stə-rəs How to pronounce boisterous (audio)
-strəs
: being rough and noisy
a boisterous class

boisterousness

noun

as in rambunctiousness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • rambunctiousness
  • rowdiness
  • rowdyism
  • roguishness
  • clownishness
  • childishness
  • jesting
  • joking
  • nonsense
  • mischievousness
  • rascality
  • impishness
  • rumbustiousness
  • silliness
  • funning
  • trickery
  • buffoonery
  • foolishness
  • playfulness
  • skylarking
  • roguery
  • horseplay
  • roughhousing
  • tomfoolery
  • mischief
  • revelry
  • prankishness
  • frivolity
  • roughhouse
  • waggery
  • devilry
  • clowning
  • deviltry
  • sportiveness
  • merrymaking
  • knavery
  • hijinks
  • sporting
  • roistering
  • slapstick
  • clownery
  • high jinks
  • monkeying
  • monkey business
  • cavorting
  • gamboling
  • romping
  • frolicking
  • foolery
  • horsing around
  • shenanigan(s)
  • gambolling
  • monkeyshine(s)
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