rumbustious

rum·bus·tious  (rm-bschs)

adj.

Uncontrollably exuberant; unruly: "Common to both his illustrations and his independent paintings . . . and lurking below their rumbustious surface, is a sympathy for the vulnerability of the ordinary human being" (Christopher Andreae).

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[Probably alteration of robustious (influenced by rambunctious).]

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rum·bustious·ly adv.

rum·bustious·ness n.

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rumbustious [rʌmˈbʌstjəs]

adj

boisterous or unruly

[probably a variant of robustious]

rumbustiously  adv

rumbustiousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

rumbustious - 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" boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, unruly disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"

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rumbustious

adjective unruly, wild, rough, disorderly, loud, noisy, robust, wayward, exuberant, rowdy, boisterous, wilful, unmanageable, uproarious, refractory, obstreperous, clamorous the flamboyant and rumbustious prime minister

Translations

rumbustious [rʌmˈbʌstʃəs] ADJ (Brit) → bullicioso, ruidoso

rumbustious [rʌmˈbʌstʃəs] rumbunctious [rʌmˈbʌŋkʃəs] adj (US) [person] → exubérant(e)

rumbustious

adj → derb

rumbustious [rʌmˈbʌstʃəs] adj (person) to be rumbustious → essere un terremoto

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rumbustious [rʌmˈbʌstʃəs] adj (person) to be rumbustious → essere un terremoto