uproariousadj.
/ˌʌpˈrɔːrɪəs/, U.S. /ˌəpˈrɔriəs/ 1. Making, or given to making, an uproar.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] > boisterously lively
exuberant?1504
flagartie1535
unsober1542
unstaida1557
coltisha1586
skittisha1592
unsettled1594
untameful1607
tearing1654
boisterousa1683
rackety1773
rumbustiousa1777
ranty1783
polrumptious1787
spanking1801
flisky1807
uproarious1819
unplacid1825
skylarking1826
fizzy1855
polyphloisboisterousa1875
polyphloisbic1915
raucous1919
boysy1921
bang-about1933
Tigger-like1974
1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 4 717 The trio..is altogether so cheerful.., so uproarious, if we may be allowed the expression.
1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 101 The bachelor and uproarious Court of William Rufus.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 182 A somewhat uproarious young man.
2. Characterized by uproar; noisy.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [adjective] > uproar or tumult
obstreperousc1600
clamouring1635
panic1642
pandemoniana1788
rackety1787
fast and furious1790
uproarious1818
racketing1843
pandemoniacal1862
whooping1866
1818 Countess Granville Let. 12 Aug. (1894) I. 135 We arrived here to dinner and found Hart in uproarious spirits.
1849 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1882) II. 42 We dined. After that, very youthful and uproarious sports till twelve!
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §7. 531 The King..paused..at Oxford, where he was received with uproarious welcome.
1885 Manch. Examiner 10 Nov. 4/7 The proceedings were very uproarious.
3. figurative. Disordered, unkempt.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > not styled
plainc1330
dishevelled1493
unshed1596
detressed1603
scattered1785
uproarious1836
vagrant1862
unsecured1882
1836 J. Grant Random Recoll. House of Lords xiv. 316 The uproarious condition of his dark grey hair.
Derivatives
upˈroariously adv.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [adverb] > uproar or tumult
uproariously1838
fast and furious1851
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. ix. 141 At which Mr. Charles Bates laughed uproariously.
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iii. 147 We should..have been uproariously triumphant over our victory.
up'roariousness n.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [noun] > boisterous liveliness
nepotation1656
uproariness1806
up'roariousness1847
racketiness1939
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. xi. 265 His delight at having his head patted by Lord Clarendon, and his honest uproariousness.
1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xxxii. 340 In jail..for intoxication and uproariousness.
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