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Definition of boisterous in English: boisterousadjective ˈbɔɪst(ə)rəsˈbɔɪst(ə)rəs 1Noisy, energetic, and cheerful. a group of boisterous lads Example sentencesExamples - We weren't drunk, but decided to be loud and boisterous, living behind our facades.
- The crowd slumbered and even the usually boisterous Carib Beer girls gave up trying to get the spectators enthused.
- Fortunately the giggles from the Thai ladies and boisterous laughs from the lads who were nearby painted a different picture.
- The defensive players were boisterous and energetic and were taking it to the offense.
- He is boisterous and lively like any other little boy his age.
- He was noisy and boisterous and Bowyer said he moved away from them because of his behaviour.
- He's very boisterous and loud normally, but he becomes just the opposite.
- This might keep them out of the cinema where their boisterous behaviour has put people off going there.
- Jack, an affectionate, boisterous lad, lives in another world.
- Nicola turned around and saw the boisterous girl who had sat next to her.
- Benjamin is a small blond with a boisterous spirit and a marked tendency toward speaking her mind.
- Their culture says it is OK to be boisterous, to be loud and speak your mind.
- He is a boisterous, loud, energetic man, completely at odds with the surroundings.
- It had become boisterous and quite noisy so the Tavern owner had devised a way to get all the customers off each others' throats.
- She also looks after her granddaughter, Abby, who is three years old, loud, boisterous and basically a handful.
- The masks are often grotesque, humorous or satirical and the dances can be noisy and boisterous.
- The American girls were great - loud and boisterous, and all good fun.
- He was surrounded by noisy and boisterous children as he sat motionless on his throne.
- She can understand their boisterous behaviour.
- In 1756 he transferred across the road to Pembroke College, having found his Peterhouse neighbours boisterous and noisy.
Synonyms lively, active, animated, exuberant, spirited, bouncy, frisky, excited, overexcited, in high spirits, high-spirited, ebullient, vibrant, rowdy, unruly, wild, uproarious, unrestrained, undisciplined, uninhibited, uncontrolled, abandoned, rough, romping, rollicking, disorderly, knockabout, riotous, rip-roaring, rumbustious, roistering, tumultuous noisy, loud, clamorous, clangorous - 1.1 (of weather or water) wild or stormy.
the boisterous wind was lulled Example sentencesExamples - Passing the stone outcropping, a solitary monolith holding sway against the boisterous sea, a pod of dolphins cavorted on the waves, adding their own sonorous clicks and whistles to the voices of the airborne choir.
- On the other side of the railway stood the cemetery on a gradual rise looking out to the boisterous Tasman Sea.
- Her entire crew of sixteen men, after several hours in open boats on a boisterous sea, succeeded in getting ashore.
- It pattered hard against the seaward windows of the hotel and swept into the horde of steam launches that buffeted with the rather boisterous sea.
Synonyms blustery, gusting, gusty, breezy, windy, stormy, wild, squally, rough, choppy, turbulent, tempestuous, howling, roaring, raging, furious informal blowy
Derivatives adverb ˈbɔɪst(ə)rəsliˈbɔɪst(ə)rəsli The provisional government boisterously protested the students' actions and fought fiercely for the unconditional and immediate release of the hostages. Example sentencesExamples - There may have been fewer people inside the pubs, but outside multitudes upheld Irish social habits by smoking and drinking boisterously at the hundreds of tables hastily arranged on the sidewalks.
- Moreover, they had to put up with a crowd of schoolchildren, boisterously playing ball or skipping rope or chasing one another through the show.
- Crammed inside the two-room house were fifteen or twenty men boisterously enjoying their Sunday afternoon, drinking and shooting craps.
- Young boys surfed on broken refrigerator doors; children ran boisterously around abandoned sea shacks and flew kites; and families took the day off to picnic.
nounˈbɔɪst(ə)rəsnəsˈbɔɪst(ə)rəsnəs This year there was boisterousness earlier in the evening as guests at the table where Watson was sitting were heckled for chatting loudly during a performance by violinist Nicola Benedetti. Example sentencesExamples - Towards the end, Sam's boisterousness bordered on belligerence.
- Scenes percolate with the natural interplay of friends and neighbors, giving rise to a barely suppressed boisterousness.
- Amazingly, Branagh proves himself more than equal to the task, bringing a sunny boisterousness to Much Ado About Nothing that is both charming and fresh.
- They approached the town with a type of weary boisterousness and slowed to a halt when reaching the gates.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'rough, stiff'): variant of earlier boistuous 'rustic, coarse, boisterous', of unknown origin. Definition of boisterous in US English: boisterousadjectiveˈboist(ə)rəsˈbɔɪst(ə)rəs 1(of a person, event, or behavior) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy. the boisterous conviviality associated with taverns of that period Example sentencesExamples - This might keep them out of the cinema where their boisterous behaviour has put people off going there.
- He is boisterous and lively like any other little boy his age.
- The defensive players were boisterous and energetic and were taking it to the offense.
- He was noisy and boisterous and Bowyer said he moved away from them because of his behaviour.
- In 1756 he transferred across the road to Pembroke College, having found his Peterhouse neighbours boisterous and noisy.
- Jack, an affectionate, boisterous lad, lives in another world.
- The masks are often grotesque, humorous or satirical and the dances can be noisy and boisterous.
- He was surrounded by noisy and boisterous children as he sat motionless on his throne.
- She can understand their boisterous behaviour.
- She also looks after her granddaughter, Abby, who is three years old, loud, boisterous and basically a handful.
- The crowd slumbered and even the usually boisterous Carib Beer girls gave up trying to get the spectators enthused.
- Their culture says it is OK to be boisterous, to be loud and speak your mind.
- Benjamin is a small blond with a boisterous spirit and a marked tendency toward speaking her mind.
- We weren't drunk, but decided to be loud and boisterous, living behind our facades.
- Nicola turned around and saw the boisterous girl who had sat next to her.
- He's very boisterous and loud normally, but he becomes just the opposite.
- The American girls were great - loud and boisterous, and all good fun.
- It had become boisterous and quite noisy so the Tavern owner had devised a way to get all the customers off each others' throats.
- Fortunately the giggles from the Thai ladies and boisterous laughs from the lads who were nearby painted a different picture.
- He is a boisterous, loud, energetic man, completely at odds with the surroundings.
Synonyms lively, active, animated, exuberant, spirited, bouncy, frisky, excited, overexcited, in high spirits, high-spirited, ebullient, vibrant, rowdy, unruly, wild, uproarious, unrestrained, undisciplined, uninhibited, uncontrolled, abandoned, rough, romping, rollicking, disorderly, knockabout, riotous, rip-roaring, rumbustious, roistering, tumultuous - 1.1 (of wind, weather, or water) wild or stormy.
the boisterous wind was lulled Example sentencesExamples - Passing the stone outcropping, a solitary monolith holding sway against the boisterous sea, a pod of dolphins cavorted on the waves, adding their own sonorous clicks and whistles to the voices of the airborne choir.
- Her entire crew of sixteen men, after several hours in open boats on a boisterous sea, succeeded in getting ashore.
- On the other side of the railway stood the cemetery on a gradual rise looking out to the boisterous Tasman Sea.
- It pattered hard against the seaward windows of the hotel and swept into the horde of steam launches that buffeted with the rather boisterous sea.
Synonyms blustery, gusting, gusty, breezy, windy, stormy, wild, squally, rough, choppy, turbulent, tempestuous, howling, roaring, raging, furious
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘rough, stiff’): variant of earlier boistuous ‘rustic, coarse, boisterous’, of unknown origin. |