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rowdy Definition

rowdy (ro̵u)

noun pl. -·dies

a person whose behavior is rough, quarrelsome, and disorderly; hoodlum

Etymology: < ? row

adjective -·dier, -·di·est

having the nature of or characteristic of a rowdy; rough, quarrelsome, etc.

rowdy Related Forms

row·dily adverb row·di·ness noun row·dy·ish adjective row·dy·ism′ noun

rowdy Synonyms

rowdy

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rowdy Synonyms

rowdy

n.

roisterer, brawler, hooligan, tough, ruffian, thug, hoodlum, hood*, roughneck*; see also rascal.

rowdy Usage Examples

Preposition: at

time: Partly for their sake, but also out of respect for the other visitors as the kids were a bit rowdy at the time.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

get: Every now and then they get a bit rowdy when having a little too much fun.

Modifies a noun

  • teenager: We put up with the rowdy teenagers on the bus.
  • crowd: Elm Park, The Bar Excellent for the footy, with a rowdy weekend crowd to boot.
  • behavior: He was accused of failing to quell the rowdy behavior of fellow members ' guests.
  • youth: Heavitree Urban District Council opened the Pleasure Ground in 1906, " to clear rowdy youths " from Fore Street in the evenings.
  • kid: There should be a certification scheme to surcharge people with rowdy kids on future flights.
  • pub: He said: " This isn't a violent or rowdy pub in any way.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: Pelham had done well to keep a modicum of stability in a rather rowdy Parliament.
  • too: Maybe just a bit too rowdy for my liking.
  • very: I've often seen them having a word and once saw a group of people ejected from the theater for being very rowdy.
  • not: It is just out of town so it was not rowdy at nights.
  • exceptionally: What amazed me totally was that after an exceptionally rowdy baths they had fallen asleep by 9.30 - what a result!
  • quite: My lovely, but usually quite rowdy class were absorbed from the start and really got a lot from the activity.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: The peasants are getting rowdy, I can hear them chanting.
  • become: This attracted a great crowd of people, who, thinking it the work of the bailiffs, became rowdy.

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