rowdy

Word family

row·dy1 /ˈraʊdi/ adjectiveadj

LOUD/NOISYbehaving in a noisy rough way that is likely to cause arguments and fighting 吵闹的，粗野的

gangs of rowdy youths

几伙吵闹的年轻人

► see thesaurus at loud

—rowdily adverbadv

—rowdiness noun [uncountableU]

—rowdyism noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

rowdy• A group of three men including, he said, the appellant, were being rowdy.• The meeting was a somewhat rowdy affair.• When they were rowdy and rude, I kept whole classes for detention.• They were thrown out of the bar for rowdy behaviour.• No kin to speak of, except for that rowdy bunch in Ireland, of course.• Our fans may be a little rowdy, but they don't throw things.• People living near the football stadium complain about litter and rowdy fans.• a rowdy fraternity party• But like a lot of his rowdy friends, he is settling down.• The women at the sidelines of the rugby match had become very rowdy indeed.• There had been eight of them, a jolly, rowdy party in the respectable Southsea restaurant.• Like teenagers the world over, they were energetic, challenging, rowdy, sometimes lazy and always questioning.• He seemed to think that the others were too rowdy, too greedy.