boisterous

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline“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”Synonyms: rambunctious robustious rumbustious unruly
full of rough and exuberant animal spirits“boisterous practical jokes”“knockabout comedy”Synonyms: knockabout
violently agitated and turbulent“boisterous winds and waves”“the fierce thunders roar me their music — Ezra Pound”“rough weather”“rough seas”Synonyms: fierce rough

Boisterous \Bois"ter*ous\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]

2.Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy. [1913 Webster]

The waters swell before a boisterous storm.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

The brute and boisterous force of violent men.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior. [1913 Webster]

I like not that loud, boisterous man.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

4.Vehement; excessive. [R.] [1913 Webster]

The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for them.— Woodward.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement. [1913 Webster]