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Webster 1913 Edition

Rowdy

Row′dy

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Rowdies

(#)

.

[From

, or Row a brawl.]

One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.

M. Arnold.

Definition 2024

rowdy

rowdy

English

Alternative forms

rowdie

Adjective

rowdy ‎(comparative rowdier, superlative rowdiest)

loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous

Derived terms

Synonyms

Translations

rough and disorderly

Cherokee: ᏄᏁᎸᎾ ‎(nunelvna)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬧哄哄 (zh), 闹哄哄 (zh) ‎(nào-hōnghōng)
French: chahuteur (fr) m, chahuteuse f
German: polternd (de), ungestüm (de), aufrührerisch (de), ungeschlacht (de)

Italian: chiassoso
Maori: tīhoihoi
Russian: бу́йный (ru) ‎(bújnyj)
Swedish: stökig (sv)

Noun

rowdy ‎(plural rowdies)

A boisterous person; a brawler.

Synonyms

Translations

boisterous person

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬧事者, 闹事者 ‎(nàoshìzhě)
Finnish: öykkäri (fi), tappelupukari

German: Rowdy (de), Randalierer (de) m, Hooligan (de) m, Schläger (de) m, Unruhestifter (de) m, Polterer m, Energiebündel (de) m, Krakeeler (de) m
Japanese: あばれんぼう ‎(abarenbō)
Russian: буя́н (ru) m ‎(buján), хулига́н (ru) m ‎(xuligán)
Swedish: bråkmakare (sv), bråkstake (sv)

Anagrams

dowry
wordy