rumbustiousness

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumbustiousness
Noun
  • With pints sometimes clocking in at under a single British pound (around $1.25), and pitchers of cocktails served at two for £15 (under $19), Wetherspoons can become honeypots for irresponsible drinking and rowdyism.
    Will Noble, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Could bowling alleys and arcades in malls pose significant problems with rowdyism?
    Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2018
Noun
  • Beyond that, the show is mostly content to amble along, loping toward the green and from time to time indulging in odd bits of nonsense.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 4 June 2025
  • Yet Towns has proven, one moment at a time, that reputation, that narrative is a bunch of nonsense.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
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“Rumbustiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumbustiousness. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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