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UK
/ɹˈaʊdi/
]
[ US /ˈɹaʊdi/ ]
[ US /ˈɹaʊdi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
rowdy teenagers
a raucous party
NOUN
- a cruel and brutal fellow
How To Use rowdy In A Sentence
- His love-making is passionate and impulsive, joyous almost to rowdyism. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
- This net work will show what it ` s viewers want to see African Americans clubbing it up, not in stuffy dances at round tables but in rowdy bars and questionable venues like an after game NBA Allstar Party. Democratic Convention, Yes. Republicans, Not So Much - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
- Perhaps you wonder how so numerous a race of these beings has come to exist; but that boy at your elbow, bending under the weight of his literary burden, is a colporteur for converting the men and women of this "enlightened nation" to rowdyism. The Elements of Character
- That leads to a general impression of rowdy behaviour and general yobbery.
- Dr Winiata showed on TV the other night during a rowdy and unmanaged debate just how quietly sensible, measured and controlled they can be.
- Even the more rowdy numbers managed to combine hip-thrusting, frilly-shirted swagger with no hint of tumescent, swollen subtext. Times, Sunday Times
- The pictures display a simple, white and elegant interior design which is about to get crowdy once the workers will fill the place, no doubt. Fusion Office Suite From Enrico Pellizzoni
- Landlords share information about troublemakers and telephone each other to warn about rowdy drinkers.
- He added that the situation had also rebounded on residents of the estate who've been suffering rowdy student behaviour in the past.
- Victorians drew little class distinction between the rowdy music-hall and 'serious' playgoing. Times, Sunday Times