Boisterous \Bois"ter*ous\, a. [OE. boistous; of uncertain
origin; cf. W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity,
bwystus ferocious.]
1. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
[Obs.] "Boisterous sword." "Boisterous hand." --Shak.
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2. Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy
turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.
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The waters swell before a boisterous storm. --Shak.
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The brute and boisterous force of violent men.
--Milton.
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3. Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous
behavior.
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I like not that loud, boisterous man. --Addison.
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4. Vehement; excessive. [R.]
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The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for
them. --Woodward.
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Syn: Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious;
tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
boisterous
adj 1: 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" [syn: rambunctious, robustious,
rumbustious, unruly]
2: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous
practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" [syn: knockabout]
3: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and
waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra
Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: fierce, rough]
WordNet (r) 2.0
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "boisterous":
blaring, blatant, blatting, blustering, blusterous, blustery,
brassy, brawling, brazen, bullying, clamant, clamorous,
clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, disorderly, exuberant,
harum-scarum, hectoring, knock-down-and-drag-out, knockabout,
lively, loudmouthed, mafficking, multivocal, noiseful, noisy,
obstreperous, openmouthed, rackety, raging, rambunctious,
rampageous, ranting, raucous, raving, riotous, rip-roaring,
roistering, roisterous, rollicking, rough, rough-and-tumble, rowdy,
rowdyish, storming, stormy, strepitant, strepitous, strident,
swaggering, swashbuckling, swashing, tempestuous, termagant,
tumultuous, turbulent, undisciplined, unruly, uproarious,
vociferant, vociferous, wild
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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