robustious

adjective

rō-ˈbəs-chəs How to pronounce robustious (audio)
Definition of robustiousnext
as in boisterous
being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way his buddies sent him off to the navy with many robustious and hearty toasts

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for robustious
  1. boisterous
  2. raucous
  3. rambunctious
  4. rowdy
  5. rumbustious
  6. noisy
  7. violent
  8. rollicking
Adjective
  • There was no music and no hustle and bustle in Inwood on Sunday; just the sound of barricades being laid out in the normally boisterous neighborhood.
    — Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The players were much bigger than Nikolich was at the time, the crowd was boisterous and the lights were exceedingly bright.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of boisterous
Adjective
  • The question, asked by a potential juror, was met immediately with raucous laughter in the courtroom.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • So, yes, the raucous, rowdy Bills crowds that sometimes stood the entire game at the old Highmark Stadium might be going away.
    — Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of raucous
Adjective
  • By later this evening, the moon will also join forces with Mars, which is where the energy becomes noticeably faster and possibly rambunctious.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Assistant defensive backs coach Duane Akina, who, despite rapidly approaching 70 years of age, was perhaps the spriest, most energetic and most rambunctious soul on the field.
    — Latif Love August 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of rambunctious
Adjective
  • The little girl could be heard well over a rowdy crowd that had about been lulled into passiveness — and eventually, boos in the fifth round — in the humdrum title fight.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • What follows is a rowdy and uproarious road trip across America, inspired by Green Day’s early days of touring in a van, years before the release of their breakout record, Dookie.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of rowdy
Adjective
  • The movie is both exquisite and rumbustious, stylized and energized.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 May 2022
  • Still, there’s a lot of pleasing vitality to this great American story about how clever brewers took an ancient idea and unlocked an unheard-of range of innovations with a combination of capitalist energy and rumbustious creativity.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 18 Apr. 2021
Definition of rumbustious
Adjective
  • The central location comes with a touch of weekend bustle—Big Bear Boulevard can get noisy—but the trade-off for walkability is worth it.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • This impending surge in lunar traffic makes time-sensitive missions like CosmoCube crucial to capturing the universe’s earliest faint signals before the quietest sanctuary in the solar system becomes noisy.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of noisy
Adjective
  • Cox, whose home overlooks the scenic drive, said she's seen several violent crashes along the road.
    — Laurie Perez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In an unusual move just a few months before the midterm elections as many Republicans continue to tout the drop in crime, the FBI report also noted that violent and other crime has continued to drop during the first six months of 2026.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of violent
Adjective
  • Murphy then appeared on stage to a rollicking standing ovation and made his way to his place at the dais toward the back of the room.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Those self-aware lyrics are paired with breezy melody and a gently rollicking rhythm, making this feel like a freewheeling summertime favorite.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of rollicking
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