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noun

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Recent Examples of rowdy
Adjective
In public, Mark Kerr speaks amiably about his trainer turned rival and even takes him along for a rowdy impromptu meet-and-greet, but the lack of friction comes off less as a sign of his unflappability than of Safdie’s indifference to probing a friendship beyond buddy-comedy depth. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025 In a video captured by a fellow passenger, uniformed members of France’s National Gendarmerie boarded the plane and followed a flight attendant towards the rowdy flyers. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025 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 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 See All Example Sentences for rowdy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rowdy
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Girls were there and there were guys that were really extra on some thug, some goon sh*t.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • We’re then introduced to Louie, a thug who works for a loan shark, threatening and killing people.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • This raucous feast for the senses stars Farrell as a wild gambler slowly losing it all.
    Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The show portrays Watkins introducing Gein to the story of Ilse Koch, a real-life Holocaust war criminal.
    JR Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • On Tuesday, a total of 300 federal agents stormed a South Side apartment building that Department of Homeland Security officials say harbored criminals.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The surge coincides with his tough on crime takeover of DC.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The local toughs, led by the sadistic Ace Merrill (Kiefer Sutherland), are headed the same way, albeit for different reasons.
    Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Throughout an offseason devoted to expansive training, that spirit was on full display — including during the lively knockout games at Prentiss’ gym.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Discussions about the fast-changing international TV distribution market are ten-a-penny at industry conferences, but the group made a lively and worthwhile contribution to the pantheon.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In those times, young people who self-described as gangsters fought for territory, and one of their subversive acts was to tag the walls of the city with the verses of cumbia songs.
    Karla Gachet, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The gangster drama began airing on BBC Two in the UK in 2013, and debuted on Netflix a year later.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Rowdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowdy. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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