rowdyish

American  

[rou-dee-ish] / ˈraʊ di ɪʃ /

adjective

1. like or characteristic of a rowdy.

2. disposed to or characterized by rowdyism.

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Other Word Forms

• rowdyishly adverb
• rowdyishness noun

Etymology

Origin of rowdyish

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; rowdy + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

New Plays Honeymooning is a rowdyish jamboree, in which only the naive may find a modicum of unsophisticated amusement.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wanted to see the boy who had left the office with the man "well-dressed, rowdyish, foppish."

From Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter by Optic, Oliver

Four or five of the rowdyish crowd picked up sticks that they had carried through the forest that afternoon.

From The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

While this exchange of pleasantries took place between the two Ralph Touchett wandered away a little, with his usual slouching gait, his hands in his pockets and his little rowdyish terrier at his heels.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by James, Henry

And his bearing, his mustache, and his low hat, tipped rakishly over one ear, gave him an arrogant, pretentious, rowdyish appearance.

From The Count's Millions by Gaboriau, Émile