robustious

ro·bus·tious

R0273600 (rō-bŭs′chəs)adj.1. Vigorous or energetic, especially in a rough or noisy way: a robustious group of teenagers.2. Coarse or crude: a robustious comedy.

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[robust + -ious.]

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ro·bus′tious·ly adv.

robustious

(rəʊˈbʌstʃəs) adj1. rough; boisterous2. strong, robust, or stout roˈbustiously adv roˈbustiousness n

ro•bus•tious

(roʊˈbʌs tʃəs)

adj. 1. rough, rude, or boisterous. 2. robust, strong, or stout. [1540–50] ro•bus′tious•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

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robustious - noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "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, rambunctious, rumbustious, unrulydisorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"