rum·bus·tious
(rŭm-bŭs′chəs)adj.
Uncontrollably exuberant; unruly: a rumbustious child, a rumbustious street market; a rumbustious political campaign.
[Alteration of robustious.]
rum·bus′tious·ly adv.
rum·bus′tious·ness n.
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rumbustious
(rʌmˈbʌstjəs)adj
boisterous or unruly
[C18: probably a variant of robustious]
rumˈbustiously adv
rumˈbustiousness n
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rum•bus•tious
(rʌmˈbʌs tʃəs)adj.
Chiefly Brit. rambunctious.
[1775–80; probably variant of robustious]
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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" |
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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
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rumbustious
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