rum·bus·tious (r m-bs ch s)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). [Probably alteration of robustious (influenced by rambunctious).] rum·bus tious·ly adv.rum·bus tious·ness n. |
rumbustious [rʌmˈbʌstjəs]
adj
boisterous or unruly
[probably a variant of robustious]
rumbustiously adv
rumbustiousness n
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| 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"disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct" |
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
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