ROWDY Synonyms

• unpleasantly loud and harsh

• disturbing the public peace; loud and rough

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• unwilling to submit to authority

• incapable of being controlled

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

• violently agitated and turbulent

• conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

• full of life and energy

• full of zest or vigor

• quick and energetic

• elastic; rebounds readily

• filled with events or activity

• full of spirit; full of life

• full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds

• attracting attention by showiness or bright colors

• noisily and stubbornly defiant

• boisterously and noisily aggressive

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

• marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

• in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated

• a wild primitive state untouched by civilization

• a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

• in an uncontrolled and rampant manner

• in a wild or undomesticated manner

• in a state of extreme emotion

• deviating widely from an intended course

• (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud

• without a basis in reason or fact

• talking or behaving irrationally

• involving risk or danger

• fanciful and unrealistic; foolish

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

• intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

• without civilizing influences

• (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a hired thug

• excellent

• be bossy towards

• discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a cruel and brutal fellow