英语词汇“rowdy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

rowdy

/ˈraʊdi

adjective (rowdier, rowdiest)

Noisy and disorderly: it was a rowdy but good-natured crowd...

Crowds of rowdy youngsters streaming into Walton from outlying towns and villages are causing a problem.
I could tell she was making a valiant attempt to join in the rambunctious merrymaking with the rowdy crowd.
When a loud, rowdy group of kids came in, I just kept my head down and ignored them.

Synonyms

unruly, disorderly, badly behaved, obstreperous, riotous, unrestrained, undisciplined, ill-disciplined, unmanageable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, uncontrolled, disruptive, out of hand, out of control, rough, wild, turbulent, lawless;

boisterous, irrepressible, uproarious, rollicking, roisterous, rackety, noisy, loud, clamorous

British informal rumbustious

North American informal rambunctious

archaic rampageous

noun (plural rowdies)

A noisy and disorderly person: we are accused of being rowdies in the pub...

All rowdies go there, and the watchman had so many skirmishes with them.
But they weren't drinking, they weren't rowdies, they were marvelous ladies and gentlemen that were a credit to their country and to their faith and to their parents.
There are several playgrounds around Bradford, built under similar arrangements, which have been removed at the request of residents after becoming the gathering place for young rowdies.

Synonyms

ruffian, troublemaker, lout, thug, hooligan, bully boy, hoodlum, brawler;

British tearaway;

Scottish & Northern English keelie, ned;

Australian larrikin

informal tough, bruiser, yahoo

British informal rough, yob, yobbo, bovver boy, lager lout, chav, hoodie

Australian/New Zealand informal roughie, lout

Derivatives

rowdily

adverb ...

Malostranske Pivnice, our first experience of a genuine Czech pub, is filled with locals rowdily downing drink after drink.
Everyone was pretty drunk, running around the town centre and yelling rowdily.
As an ex-bouncer, let me point out from experience that getting through a crowd like that is virtually impossible, especially when it's a drunk and rowdily cheerful crowd.

rowdiness

/ˈraʊdɪnəs

/ noun ...

Various initiatives aimed at reducing city-centre crime and rowdiness, including the latest clamp-down on binge drinkers over the Christmas period, appear to be paying off.
The accident emergency department was expecting a busy night with incidents that staff said were usually caused by rowdiness, alcohol and drugs.
Drink and drugs and rowdiness are destroying the place.

rowdyism

/ˈraʊdɪɪz(ə)m