rumbustious
adjective
[ rʌmˈbʌstʃəs ]
• boisterous or unruly.
• "rumbustious football fans"
Similar:
boisterous,
unrestrained,
irrepressible,
exuberant,
uproarious,
rollicking,
roisterous,
rackety,
noisy,
loud,
clamorous,
unruly,
disorderly,
rowdy,
badly behaved,
riotous,
undisciplined,
ill-disciplined,
unmanageable,
uncontrollable,
ungovernable,
uncontrolled,
obstreperous,
disruptive,
wild,
rough,
rambunctious,
rampageous,
robustious,
Origin:
late 18th century: probably an alteration of archaic robustious ‘boisterous, robust’.
