ram·bunc·tious (r m-b ngk sh s)adj. Boisterous and disorderly. [Probably alteration of robustious, rumbustious, from robust.] ram·bunc tious·ly adv.ram·bunc tious·ness n. |
rambunctious [ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs]
adj
Informal boisterous; unruly
[probably from Icelandic ram- (intensifying prefix) + -bunctious, from bumptious]
rambunctiously adv
rambunctiousness n
rambunctious - Once rumbustious and robusteous, it is probably based on Latin robus, "oak"—implying strength—and can describe a person or animal.
See also related terms for oak.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. |  rambunctious - 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"disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct" |
Translations
rambunctious
adj, rambunctiously
adv (esp US inf) (= exuberant and noisy) → laut, lärmend; (= boisterous) → übermütig, ausgelassen, wild
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