boisterous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
    rambunctious; rumbustious; robustious; unruly.
    • a boisterous crowd
    • a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
    • a robustious group of teenagers
    • beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
    • an unruly class
  2. adjective satellite full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
    knockabout.
    • boisterous practical jokes
    • knockabout comedy
  3. adjective satellite violently agitated and turbulent
    fierce; rough.
    • boisterous winds and waves
    • the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound
    • rough weather
    • rough seas

WordNet

Bois"ter*ous adjective
Etymology
OE. boistous; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity, bwystus ferocious.
Definitions
  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. Shak.
    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.

Webster 1913