boisterous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: boisterous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for boisterous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boisterous adj 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" Synonym(s): boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" Synonym(s): boisterous, knockabout violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" Synonym(s): boisterous, fierce, rough
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boisterous \Bois"terous\, a. [OE. boistous; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity, bwystus ferocious.] 1. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful. [Obs.] [bd]Boisterous* sword.[b8] [bd]Boisterous hand.[b8] --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.