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rumbustious
rum·bus·tious R0343900 (rŭm-bŭs′chəs)adj. Uncontrollably exuberant; unruly: a rumbustious child, a rumbustious street market; a rumbustious political campaign. [Alteration of robustious.] rum·bus′tious·ly adv.rum·bus′tious·ness n.rumbustious (rʌmˈbʌstjəs) adjboisterous or unruly[C18: probably a variant of robustious] rumˈbustiously adv rumˈbustiousness nrum•bus•tious (rʌmˈbʌs tʃəs) adj. Chiefly Brit. rambunctious. [1775–80; probably variant of robustious] ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | rumbustious - noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "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"boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, unrulydisorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct" |
rumbustiousadjective unruly, wild, rough, disorderly, loud, noisy, robust, wayward, exuberant, rowdy, boisterous, wilful, unmanageable, uproarious, refractory, obstreperous, clamorous the flamboyant and rumbustious prime ministerTranslations
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