rowdy Definition
☆ rowdy (ro̵u′dē)
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 Synonyms
rowdy
n.
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
Browse dictionary entries near rowdy
- ‹ Rowbotham, Sheila
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- ‹ row house
- ‹ row
- ‹ Rovno
- ‹ roving
- ‹ rover
- ‹ roven
- ‹ rove beetle
- rowel ›
- rowen ›
- Rowena ›
- rowing machine ›
- Rowland ›
- Rowland, Helen ›
- Rowlandson ›
- Rowling,J K ›
- rowlock ›
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