rowdy

[ rou-dee ]

/ ˈraʊ di /

noun, plural row·dies.

a rough, disorderly person.

adjective, row·di·er, row·di·est.

rough and disorderly: rowdy behavior at school.

Origin of rowdy

1810–20, Americanism; perhaps irregular from row³

SYNONYMS FOR rowdy

2 boisterous, unruly, obstreperous.

OTHER WORDS FROM rowdy

row·di·ly, adverb row·di·ness, noun un·row·dy, adjective

Words nearby rowdy

row house, row over, row vector, rowan, rowboat, rowdy, rowdyish, rowdyism, rowe, rowel, rowen

Example sentences from the Web for rowdier

Alig prances ahead and points out landmarks like the wing where the rowdier inmates are housed.

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Their real son, Ryusei, has been brought up by a poorer, rowdier clan.

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In Walter Savage Landor, authority recognised a noisier and rowdier specimen of the same class.

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There was still a noisy crowd at the gates of the town, and we were being followed out by some of the rowdier members.

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Some of the rowdier spirits now sought out the proprietor, hoping to duck him in one of his own ponds.

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British Dictionary definitions for rowdier

rowdy

/ (ˈraʊdɪ) /

adjective -dier or -diest

tending to create noisy disturbances; rough, loud, or disorderly a rowdy gang of football supporters

noun plural -dies

a person who behaves in a rough disorderly fashion

Derived forms of rowdy

rowdily, adverb rowdiness, noun

Word Origin for rowdy

C19: originally US slang, perhaps related to row ³

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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rowdy

noun, plural row·dies.

adjective, row·di·er, row·di·est.

Origin of rowdy

SYNONYMS FOR rowdy

OTHER WORDS FROM rowdy

Words nearby rowdy

Example sentences from the Web for rowdier

British Dictionary definitions for rowdier

adjective -dier or -diest

noun plural -dies

Derived forms of rowdy

Word Origin for rowdy

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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rowdy

noun, plural row·dies.

adjective, row·di·er, row·di·est.

Origin of rowdy

SYNONYMS FOR rowdy

OTHER WORDS FROM rowdy

Words nearby rowdy

Words related to rowdier

Example sentences from the Web for rowdier

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adjective -dier or -diest

noun plural -dies

Derived forms of rowdy

Word Origin for rowdy

British Dictionary definitions for rowdier