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Adjective
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Finally, the board will have the good sense to just snap their host laptop shut, but not before a wickedly riotous 10 minutes or so in which absolutely no one backs away from the keyboard.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025 -
The turtle is large and old and must have walked from some farther water toward this new and righteous, riotous place.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Customers at Starbucks will be introduced to a new interface with a carnival-style wheel.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
30 Mar. 2023
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Transform your salad spinner into a carnival-style spin art machine.—
Lauren Piro,
Good Housekeeping,
31 Oct. 2022
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During the past decade, Tranter has established himself as one of the music industry’s most reliable hitmakers, thanks to his clever, boisterous lyricism and dramatic, over-the-top choruses and hooks.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Yes, Yankee Stadium was packed and boisterous, just as this place and the old place have been for decades of postseasons.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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From the moment it was announced the Ryder Cup would come to New York, many expected a raucous crowd that could rival the 1999 Brookline crowd in Massachusetts for the most hostile toward Europeans.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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This raucous feast for the senses stars Farrell as a wild gambler slowly losing it all.—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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After a long day down the shafts, mineworkers would gather at rowdy makeshift pubs called shebeens, and play famo.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Ryder Cups are known to be rowdy, and the home team counts on the support of their fans.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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A little lowly courier work, yes, but nothing more raffish than that.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The banal village tunes that Mahler altered into sinister mock vulgarities—did these not recall the raffish klezmer bands, the wandering musicians who played at shtetl weddings?—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With their flared, fringed petals, the flowers have a carnivalesque presence, but Oppenheim’s spare installation cuts the comedy.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Before last year’s trial, the blocks surrounding the Superior Court in Dedham developed a carnivalesque atmosphere.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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Thanks to the anti-slip bottom, the couch won’t shift around when your rambunctious pet hops into it.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Meeting at the family home just before the funeral, Anne (Emily Fairn), the only girl sibling, encourages her rambunctious brothers to at least pretend to be a united front in public.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Rampageous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rampageous. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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