rowdyish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rowdyish
Adjective
  • The Dating Game, the Sundance documentary by Violet Du Feng that’s received a riotous welcome on the festival circuit, is set in China where eligible men vastly outnumber women.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Reid’s score alternates between rhapsody and pandemonium, with the latter winning out in a riotous coda.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Customers at Starbucks will be introduced to a new interface with a carnival-style wheel.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Transform your salad spinner into a carnival-style spin art machine.
    Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2022
Adjective
  • A little lowly courier work, yes, but nothing more raffish than that.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Playing a French player at Roland Garros is usually one of the more unpleasant tasks in tennis, given how rowdy the crowd can get when rooting for one of their own on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • During YoungBoy’s latest performance on Thursday, the rapper paused his rowdy setlist to address a rambunctious fan in the crowd who kept throwing items onstage.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Sullivan received a boisterous standing ovation during the game’s first TV timeout.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Perich, who received a game ball in the locker room postgame, is usually boisterous on the field, screaming and slapping himself on the helmet.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But the fact that the Hoosiers could go into a raucous environment like Autzen Stadium and beat the Ducks by double digits without their quarterback being a superhero says a lot about their overall talent level.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • On Wednesday, Blue Jays teammates waxed poetic about Scherzer, who is slated to make his 26th career postseason start in front of a raucous T-Mobile Park crowd.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Before last year’s trial, the blocks surrounding the Superior Court in Dedham developed a carnivalesque atmosphere.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • During YoungBoy’s latest performance on Thursday, the rapper paused his rowdy setlist to address a rambunctious fan in the crowd who kept throwing items onstage.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As the professor navigates retirement, the baby grows into a rambunctious child who rebels against the traditions of her fishing community.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Rowdyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowdyish. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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