DEFINITIONS

rowdy

[ rou-dee ]
/ ˈraʊ di /
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noun, plural row·dies.

a rough, disorderly person.

adjective, row·di·er, row·di·est.

rough and disorderly: rowdy behavior at school.

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Words related to rowdy

strongly, seriously, vigorously, heavily, severely, angrily, briskly, brutally, cruelly, earnestly, energetically, fiercely, forcibly, frantically, furiously, intensely, madly, meanly, painfully, powerfully

Words nearby rowdy

row house, row over, row vector, rowan, rowboat, rowdy, rowdyish, rowdyism, rowe, rowel, rowen

Origin of rowdy

1810–20, Americanism; perhaps irregular from row3

OTHER WORDS FROM rowdy

row·di·ly, adverbrow·di·ness, nounun·row·dy, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for rowdily

rowdy
/ (ˈraʊdɪ) /

adjective -dier or -diest

tending to create noisy disturbances; rough, loud, or disorderlya rowdy gang of football supporters

noun plural -dies

a person who behaves in a rough disorderly fashion

Derived forms of rowdy

rowdily, adverbrowdiness, noun

Word Origin for rowdy

C19: originally US slang, perhaps related to row ³
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