rowdy
adjective
[ ˈraʊdi ]
• noisy and disorderly.
• "it was a rowdy but good-natured crowd"
Similar:
unruly,
disorderly,
badly behaved,
obstreperous,
riotous,
unrestrained,
undisciplined,
ill-disciplined,
unmanageable,
uncontrollable,
ungovernable,
uncontrolled,
disruptive,
out of hand,
out of control,
rough,
wild,
turbulent,
lawless,
boisterous,
irrepressible,
uproarious,
rollicking,
roisterous,
rackety,
noisy,
loud,
clamorous,
rumbustious,
rambunctious,
rampageous,
rowdy
noun
• a noisy and disorderly person.
• "we are accused of being rowdies in the pub"
Similar:
ruffian,
troublemaker,
lout,
thug,
hooligan,
bully boy,
hoodlum,
brawler,
tearaway,
keelie,
ned,
larrikin,
tough,
bruiser,
yahoo,
rough,
yob,
yobbo,
bovver boy,
lager lout,
chav,
hoodie,
roughie,
Origin:
early 19th century (originally US in the sense ‘lawless backwoodsman’): of unknown origin.
