rumbustious
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- rumbustiously adverb
- rumbustiousness noun
Etymology
Origin of rumbustious
1775–80; probably variant of robustious
Example Sentences
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Instead, the home favourite Bob MacIntyre rumbustiously celebrated the biggest win of his career, profiting from a fortunate drop on the 16th and inspired play down the rest of the stretch to pip Adam Scott.
From BBC
Like rumbustious Walt Whitman, “The Heart of American Poetry” is large and contains multitudes, being part “Song of Myself” and part July Fourth celebration.
From Washington Post
Appropriately, then, Lovell’s translation carries a foreword by Gene Luen Yang, MacArthur-Award-winning author of the graphic novel “American Born Chinese,” which draws on this rumbustious fantasy.
From Washington Post
The woke, somewhat humourless and very entitled Harry we see before us now is almost unrecognisable as the rumbustious fellow we knew and loved.
From The Guardian
The rumbustious son of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has come under heavy fire from across the political spectrum after claiming rapid political change was unachievable “through democratic means”.
From The Guardian
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