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adjective

Boisterous adj.

Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful. (Obs.) "Boisterous sword." "Boisterous hand."

Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy. "The waters swell before a boisterous storm." "The brute and boisterous force of violent men."

Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior. "I like not that loud, boisterous man."

Vehement; excessive. (R.) "The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for them."

Synonyms: Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement.

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Etymology of 'Boisterous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Boisterous" Quotes from Famous Books

... are when they have cheated their brethren! Your innocent milksops never made so jolly a supper as did our heroes of the way. Clifford, perhaps acted a part, but the hilarity of his comrades was unfeigned. It was a delicious contrast,—the boisterous "ha, ha!" of Long Ned, and the secret, dry, calculating chuckle of Augustus Tomlinson. It was Rabelais against Voltaire. They united only in the objects of their jests, and foremost of those objects (wisdom is ever ...

— Paul Clifford, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... brawling, for the class of men who commit the enormity of making Sunday excursions, take their families with them: and this in itself would be a check upon them, even if they were inclined to dissipation, which they really are not. Boisterous their mirth may be, for they have all the excitement of feeling that fresh air and green fields can impart to the dwellers in crowded cities, but it is innocent and harmless. The glass is circulated, and the joke goes round; but the one is free from excess, ...

— Sunday Under Three Heads • Charles Dickens

... in the closet. They were beginning to see that "Merry's notions" had some sense in them, since they were made comfortable, and good-naturedly took some pains to please her in various ways. Tom brushed his hair and washed his hands nicely before he came to table. Dick tried to lower his boisterous laughter, and Harry never smoked in the sitting-room. Even Roxy expressed her pleasure in seeing "things kind of spruced up," and Merry's gentle treatment of the hard-working ...

— Jack and Jill • Louisa May Alcott

... resound the splash of water and the merry laughter of matrons and maidens bathing in the clear pools, and from above the more boisterous shouts of men and boys. Surely he who says the American Indian is morose, stolid, and devoid of humor never knew him in the intimacy of his ...

— The North American Indian • Edward S. Curtis

... A boisterous wind from the North-west drove white-edged clouds across the sky, but the air was soft with a genial warmth that drew earthy smells from the drying sod. In places, an emerald flush had begun to spread across the withered grass and small flowers ...

— The Girl From Keller's - Sadie's Conquest • Harold Bindloss

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