Boisterous

Bois′ter-ous

,

Adj.

[OE.

boistous

; of uncertain origin; cf. W.

bwyst

wild, savage, wildness, ferocity,

bwystus

ferocious.]

1.

Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.

[Obs.]

“Boisterous sword.” “Boisterous hand.”

Shak.

2.

Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.

The waters swell before a

boisterous

storm.

Shakespeare

The brute and

boisterous

force of violent men.

Milton.

3.

Noisy; rough; turbulent;

as,

boisterous

mirth;

boisterous

behavior

.

I like not that loud,

boisterous

man.

Addison.

4.

Vehement; excessive.

[R.]

The heat becomes too powerful and

boisterous

for them.

Woodward.

Syn. – Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement.

Boisterous

BOIS'TEROUS

,

Adj.

1.

Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; as a boisterous wind.

2.

Turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; as a boisterous man.

3.

Large; unwieldy; huge; clumsily violent; as a boisterous club.

4.

Violent; as a boisterous heat.

boisterous

English

Adjective

boisterous ‎(comparative more boisterous, superlative most boisterous)

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
Having or resembling animal exuberance.

Translations

full of energy; noisy

Bulgarian: шумен (bg) ‎(šumen), буен (bg) ‎(buen)
Catalan: sorollós (ca) m, escandalós m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喧鬧的 (zh), 喧闹的 (zh) ‎(xuānnào de), 愛鬧的, 爱闹的 ‎(àinào de), 狂歡的 (zh), 狂欢的 (zh) ‎(kuánghuān de), 狂暴的 (zh) ‎(kuángbào de), 猛烈的 (zh) ‎(měngliè de), 哄然的 (zh) ‎(hōngrán de)
Dutch: driest
Esperanto: bruema
French: bruyant (fr), tapageur (fr)
German: ungestüm (de), ausgelassen (de), lebendig (de), lebhaft (de), agitiert (de), laut (de), polternd (de)

Italian: esuberante (it), chiassoso
Japanese: 騒々しい ‎(そうぞうしい, sōzōshii), 喧しい ‎(やかましい, yakamashii), うるさい (ja) ‎(urusai), 賑やかな ‎(にぎやかな, nigiyaka na)
Korean: 떠들썩하다 (ko) ‎(tteodeulsseokhada)
Polish: hałaśliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: ruidoso (pt)
Russian: шу́мный (ru) ‎(šúmnyj), бу́рный (ru) ‎(búrnyj), бу́йный (ru) ‎(bújnyj), шумли́вый (ru) ‎(šumlívyj)
Serbo-Croatian: bučan (sh) m, razigran (sh), neobuzdan (sh)
Spanish: ruidoso (es) m, escandaloso m

characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy

Bulgarian: бурен (bg) ‎(buren)
Dutch: stormachtig (nl)
French: turbulent (fr) m, turbulente (fr) f
German: stürmisch (de), tosend (de), wild (de), ungestüm (de), aufrührerisch (de)
Italian: turbolente, tempestoso
Koreanː 격렬하다 (ko) ‎(gyeongnyeolhada)

Maori: tūperepere, tuarangaranga (of the sea)
Portuguese: tumultuoso (pt)
Russian: бу́рный (ru) ‎(búrnyj), бу́йный (ru) ‎(bújnyj), неи́стовый (ru) ‎(neístovyj) (of force, weather)
Spanish: salvaje (es)
Swedish: stormig

having or resembling animal exuberance

Spanish: salvaje (es)

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