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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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 July 2025
More toward the rowdy end are the closet-sized bars of Shinjuku’s Golden Gai, a warren of grungy alleys home to snug drinking holes with obscure themes and idiosyncratic bartender-owners.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
The writer’s entourage was constantly drunk and rowdy, often stumbling back into the hotel at 3 a.m. and provoking complaints from other guests.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Tennis can get lively, especially in France, where rowdy fans at Roland Garros over the last couple of years have been compared to their footballing counterparts.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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Adjective
The doc contains lots of footage of the rowdy crowd.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 July 2025
More toward the rowdy end are the closet-sized bars of Shinjuku’s Golden Gai, a warren of grungy alleys home to snug drinking holes with obscure themes and idiosyncratic bartender-owners.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
The writer’s entourage was constantly drunk and rowdy, often stumbling back into the hotel at 3 a.m. and provoking complaints from other guests.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Tennis can get lively, especially in France, where rowdy fans at Roland Garros over the last couple of years have been compared to their footballing counterparts.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 1 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for rowdy
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“Rowdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rowdy. Accessed 14 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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