boisterous

Words with a similar base: boisterous

'boisterous'

[boisterous.s.01] as in: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

Examples:
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'

[boisterous.s.02] as in: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

Examples:
boisterous practical jokes
knockabout comedy

'boisterous'

[boisterous.s.03] as in: violently agitated and turbulent; ; - Ezra Pound

Examples:
boisterous winds and waves
the fierce thunders roar me their music
rough weather
rough seas

Origins

					boisterous (English)
└── boistous (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── bustous (Anglo-Norman)

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