rowdier; rowdiest
: coarse or boisterous in behavior : rough
also
: characterized by such behavior
rowdy local bars
Examples of rowdy in a Sentence
Adjective
a rowdy game of basketball
a rowdy but good-natured group of teenagers
Noun
rowdies had overtaken the neighborhood and were threatening people on the street
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Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
That frothy film and its title song, which rose to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1961, put Fort Lauderdale on the spring break map — a rowdy reputation the city has distanced itself from for decades.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
There’s a visit to a government office to procure passports, a long dilly-dallying on the plane where Madea refuses to sit in coach, and more rowdy mischief when the plane hits turbulence.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 14 July 2025
Though protests on Monday were not as rowdy, that night, Trump authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to the city, hours after the Pentagon deployed 700 Marines in the same direction.
—Michel Martin, NPR, 10 June 2025
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Adjective
The law exists to protect documents from fire, theft and rowdy behavior.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
That frothy film and its title song, which rose to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1961, put Fort Lauderdale on the spring break map — a rowdy reputation the city has distanced itself from for decades.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
There’s a visit to a government office to procure passports, a long dilly-dallying on the plane where Madea refuses to sit in coach, and more rowdy mischief when the plane hits turbulence.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 14 July 2025
Though protests on Monday were not as rowdy, that night, Trump authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to the city, hours after the Pentagon deployed 700 Marines in the same direction.
—Michel Martin, NPR, 10 June 2025
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“Rowdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rowdy. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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rowdy
1 of 2 adjective
row·dy
ˈrau̇d-ē 
rowdier; rowdiest
: rough or loud in behavior
rowdiness
noun
rowdy
2 of 2 noun
plural rowdies
: a rowdy person
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