rowdyish

Definition of rowdyishnext

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Adjective
  • Guns is an actor and writer, known for her razor-sharp observations and riotous voice.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • In March, the city erupts for Las Fallas, Valencia’s biggest festival, a riotous display of bonfires, fireworks, and parades honoring Saint Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters.
    Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 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
  • Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • A little lowly courier work, yes, but nothing more raffish than that.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There were no rowdy whoops and cheers.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • During a particularly rowdy acid trip, Frisbee wandered into the California desert, stripped naked, and demanded that God reveal himself.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Neurologists also pay close attention when someone who has been quiet and serious their whole life suddenly takes on a boisterous personality, talking nonstop.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Some of them smoked cigarettes, others had dogs running around unleashed, and at least one fight broke out during the boisterous move-in.
    Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • There are such good vibes in that theater, where everyone is so willing to be swept up in 80 minutes of raucous entertainment.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Antoine said the Bobcats prepared for the environment, knowing the incredibly enthusiastic children would likely provide the most raucous environment seen so far.
    Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • But by the mid-1930s, Soviet leaders sensed that people needed something to take the edge off in the dead of winter, a carnivalesque custom of the sort that Christmas once provided.
    Andrew Fedorov, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The film’s centerpiece is a chaotic, carnivalesque parade of surrealistic characters marching through Tokyo.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In India’s rambunctious and frenetic political system, tinkering with the voter list attracts enormous scrutiny, and even litigation.
    Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Rita described Francis as a rambunctious, smart kid who was doted on by his three little sisters.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Rowdyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowdyish. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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